COT reports: Short positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: ZAR/USD exchange rate COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), short positions held by dealers in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 19,849 contracts on 14 July 2026, compared to 19,197 on 7 July 2026.
Sample. The weekly series plotted above has a total of 505 data points. The time period covered by the series stretches from April 2014 to July 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at some descriptive statistics computed on the full sample: positions reached a minimum of 0 contracts on 8 December 2015; they hit a maximum of 35,590 on 24 September 2024; they were equal on average to 6,739.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 18357.0 |
| 2026-07-07 | 19197.0 |
| 2026-07-14 | 19849.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by dealers in futures on the ZAR/USD exchange rate |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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