Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom COT Report

CFTC Commitments of Traders · report date 2026-07-21 (released Jul 24, 2026) · next report expected Jul 31, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)

As of the Jul 21, 2026 COT report, large speculators are net long 3,962 Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom futures contracts (down 57 week-over-week), commercials are net long 7,755, and open interest is 30,441 contracts.

3,962
Large speculators net
7,755
Commercials net
34.1
COT index (3-year)
30,441
Open interest

Positioning — week of 2026-07-21

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators3,962-5713.0%27.334.734.1
Commercials7,755+1,74925.5%67.760.856.4
Small traders-11,717-1,692-38.5%41.953.453.4

Net = long − short (spread positions cancel). COT index: 0 = most net-short of the lookback, 100 = most net-long. How it's computed.

Net positions since 2004

-10k-5k05k10k15k20k2025-072025-092025-112025-122026-022026-032026-052026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-9k09k18k27k36k2021-082022-042023-012023-092024-062025-022025-112026-07Large speculatorsCommercials
-40k-20k020k40k60k2004-112008-042011-052014-052017-052020-062023-062026-06Large speculatorsCommercials

Traders in Financial Futures breakdown — week of 2026-07-21

CategoryNet positionWeekly change
Dealer/intermediary2,188+2,118
Asset manager6,994+27
Leveraged funds2,535-453
Other reportables0+0
Small traders-11,717-1,692

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-07-2130,4413,962-577,755+1,749-11,717
2026-07-1428,7404,019+1926,006-678-10,025
2026-07-0731,1813,827-2756,684+2,986-10,511
2026-06-3027,6164,102-1,6893,698+7,392-7,800
2026-06-2329,2825,791-1,280-3,694+4,214-2,097
2026-06-1625,3437,071+457-7,908-8,614837
2026-06-0943,3236,614-4,510706+1,663-7,320
2026-06-0237,50311,124+1,520-957+914-10,167
2026-05-2632,9139,604-483-1,871-1,099-7,733
2026-05-1935,30810,087+1,172-772-1,396-9,315
2026-05-1233,6748,915-2,296624+490-9,539
2026-05-0536,01111,211+1,124134-1,080-11,345
2026-04-2835,29110,087-3191,214-842-11,301
2026-04-2133,64710,406-9922,056-478-12,462
2026-04-1434,01211,398+2,5592,534-2,375-13,932
2026-04-0731,6638,839+1,3714,909+1,010-13,748
2026-03-3129,3497,468-1603,899+4,662-11,367
2026-03-2430,1197,628-1,486-763-4,749-6,865
2026-03-1730,6549,114+7,9393,986-10,118-13,100
2026-03-1044,3111,175-5,15514,104+801-15,279
2026-03-0340,5966,330+64813,303-1,778-19,633
2026-02-2441,3205,682+76415,081-158-20,763
2026-02-1739,3584,918+2,30515,239+3,877-20,157
2026-02-1037,3772,613-1,59711,362+7,166-13,975
2026-02-0331,5874,210+1,2644,196-1,794-8,406
2026-01-2731,7092,946-3,4305,990+175-8,936

Full history, no login: CSV (2004-11-30 → 2026-07-21) · JSON

Contract facts

(NIKKEI INDEX X JPY 500)
Contract unit (CFTC)
240743
CFTC contract code

FAQ

Are large speculators long or short Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom futures?
As of the 2026-07-21 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 3,962 contracts in Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom futures.
How current is this Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom COT data?
The latest report is dated 2026-07-21 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-07-24. This page updates within minutes of each weekly release.
Where can I download Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom COT history?
The full weekly series (2004-11-30 to 2026-07-21) is free at /data/cot/nikkei-stock-average-yen-denom.csv — no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 240743. Dataset coverage 2004-11-30 → 2026-07-21. Methodology.