COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in ZAR/USD FX futures of the kind "SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 44,699 contracts on 15 September 2026, compared to 46,838 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 514 records in the weekly series shown in the graph above. The period covered by the series stretches from April 2014 to September 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few summary statistics computed on the whole sample: positions had a mean of 20,751 contracts; they hit a peak of 70,196 on 10 September 2024; they recorded a minimum of 4,480 on 17 May 2016.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 36,349.0 |
| 2026-09-08 | 46,838.0 |
| 2026-09-15 | 44,699.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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