Japanese Yen futures COT positions and historical chart

Official market: JAPANESE YEN · CME · TFF Futures Only

Latest report: 28 July 2026 · Current weekly data

Official CFTC dataset

Current positioning summary

Leveraged Funds held a net-short Japanese Yen futures position of 101,990 contracts. The position decreased by 5,805 contracts from the preceding available report. The position ranked in the 5th percentile of the latest 156 available reports.

Report date: 28 July 2026

Asset Manager/Institutional

Long
70,643
Short
153,700
Net
-83,057
Weekly change
-3,151
Net / open interest
-19.20%
52 reports
2th percentile
156 reports
3th percentile

Leveraged Funds

Long
76,752
Short
178,742
Net
-101,990
Weekly change
-5,805
Net / open interest
-23.58%
52 reports
4th percentile
156 reports
5th percentile

Historical net position

Actual report dates; missing weeks are not interpolated. A data table follows the chart.

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Accessible historical data

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CFTC positioning observations
Report dateParticipantLongShortNetWeekly change4-report change52-report context
2026-07-28Dealer/Intermediary155,23915,902+139,337+5,638+9,919100th percentile
2026-07-28Asset Manager/Institutional70,643153,700-83,057-3,151-14,3642th percentile
2026-07-28Leveraged Funds76,752178,742-101,990-5,805+13,4104th percentile
2026-07-28Other Reportables42,0201,697+40,323-4,842-7,34717th percentile
2026-07-28Non-Reportable47,31941,932+5,387+8,160-1,61885th percentile
2026-07-21Dealer/Intermediary147,93914,240+133,699+41,525+15,309100th percentile
2026-07-21Asset Manager/Institutional72,045151,951-79,906-26,089-1,5424th percentile
2026-07-21Leveraged Funds81,033177,218-96,185-5,724+90712th percentile
2026-07-21Other Reportables48,1893,024+45,165-7,694-8,17825th percentile
2026-07-21Non-Reportable44,06546,838-2,773-2,018-6,4966th percentile
2026-07-14Dealer/Intermediary112,78120,607+92,174+4,895-37,67690th percentile
2026-07-14Asset Manager/Institutional74,624128,441-53,817-5,164+27,83413th percentile
2026-07-14Leveraged Funds80,938171,399-90,461-378+6,31112th percentile
2026-07-14Other Reportables55,7872,928+52,859+2,357+3,03842th percentile
2026-07-14Non-Reportable44,36745,122-755-1,710+49313th percentile
2026-07-07Dealer/Intermediary108,93821,659+87,279-42,139-36,26790th percentile
2026-07-07Asset Manager/Institutional74,113122,766-48,653+20,040+29,42313th percentile
2026-07-07Leveraged Funds84,990175,073-90,083+25,317+9,76112th percentile
2026-07-07Other Reportables54,1323,630+50,502+2,832-42337th percentile
2026-07-07Non-Reportable43,44342,488+955-6,050-2,49431th percentile
2026-06-30Dealer/Intermediary142,62313,205+129,418+11,028+28,79098th percentile
2026-06-30Asset Manager/Institutional71,903140,596-68,693+9,671-2,6818th percentile
2026-06-30Leveraged Funds87,437202,837-115,400-18,308-27,3372th percentile
2026-06-30Other Reportables50,7823,112+47,670-5,673-3,97827th percentile
2026-06-30Non-Reportable47,89540,890+7,005+3,282+5,20688th percentile
2026-06-23Dealer/Intermediary132,75714,367+118,390-11,460+44,96196th percentile
2026-06-23Asset Manager/Institutional72,898151,262-78,364+3,287-19,6174th percentile
2026-06-23Leveraged Funds90,764187,856-97,092-320-26,5846th percentile
2026-06-23Other Reportables55,4852,142+53,343+3,522+4,49238th percentile
2026-06-23Non-Reportable47,30643,583+3,723+4,971-3,25267th percentile
2026-06-16Dealer/Intermediary138,2198,369+129,850+6,304+71,164100th percentile
2026-06-16Asset Manager/Institutional72,145153,796-81,651-3,575-39,7652th percentile
2026-06-16Leveraged Funds93,889190,661-96,772+3,072-31,8276th percentile
2026-06-16Other Reportables51,9692,148+49,821-1,104+4,81533th percentile
2026-06-16Non-Reportable132,283133,531-1,248-4,697-4,38710th percentile
2026-06-09Dealer/Intermediary154,25930,713+123,546+22,918+81,367100th percentile
2026-06-09Asset Manager/Institutional73,711151,787-78,076-12,064-58,0842th percentile
2026-06-09Leveraged Funds91,168191,012-99,844-11,781-37,4042th percentile
2026-06-09Other Reportables54,4303,505+50,925-723+11,63133th percentile
2026-06-09Non-Reportable46,48943,040+3,449+1,650+2,49062th percentile

How to interpret Japanese Yen positioning

What the contract represents

Japanese Yen futures quote yen exposure against the US dollar and are widely followed in global rates and carry-trade research.

Categories traders monitor

Leveraged Fund net positioning is commonly compared with Asset Manager holdings because the two groups may express different horizons and hedging needs.

Interpretation considerations

Contract quotation and the inverse intuition of USD/JPY can cause interpretation mistakes; this page describes futures positioning, not a price forecast.

Important limitations

COT does not capture the full cross-currency and OTC derivatives market, and intervention risk cannot be inferred from positioning alone.

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