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Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom COT Report

CFTC Commitments of Traders · positions as of Tuesday 2026-09-01, released Sep 4, 2026 (the CFTC reports each Tuesday's close three days later) · next release Sep 11, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)

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Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom positioning leans bullish - commercials buying (26w index 74).

How this read is built
  • Commercials (hedgers) are net long and sit near the top of their 26-week range (COT index 74) - a bullish tilt in the traditional read.

A description of how traders are positioned versus their own history - the standard Commitments of Traders interpretation, computed identically for every market. It is not a price forecast, a trading signal, or advice. How traders use positioning · how the read is computed.

As of the COT report, large speculators are net long 2,695 Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom futures contracts (down 599 week-over-week), commercials are net long 8,378, and open interest is 30,948 contracts. Leveraged funds was net long 701 contracts as of (down 240 week-over-week).

2,695
Large speculators net · 52w
8,378
Commercials net
27.9
COT index (3-year)
30,948
Open interest
Cite this data 
FuturesBench, "Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom COT Report," data as of 2026-09-01.
https://futuresbench.com/cot/nikkei-stock-average-yen-denom/#net-position
Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain).
CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/nikkei-stock-average-yen-denom.csv
Net positions since 2004
-10k-5k05k10k15k20k2025-092025-102025-122026-022026-032026-052026-062026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
-9k09k18k27k36k2021-092022-052023-022023-102024-072025-042025-122026-09Large speculatorsCommercials
-40k-20k020k40k60k2004-112008-042011-052014-062017-062020-072023-072026-08Large speculatorsCommercials
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Positioning - as of Tuesday 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Large speculators2,695-5998.7%14.914.927.9
Commercials8,378-76727.1%74.063.258.6
Small traders-11,073+1,366-35.8%30.955.855.8

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

Traders in Financial Futures report - positions as of Tue 2026-09-01

Trader categoryNet positionWeekly change% of open interestCOT index 26wCOT index 52wCOT index 3y
Dealer/intermediary3,525-70911.4%57.646.054.8
Asset manager6,847-41722.1%54.872.835.0
Leveraged funds701-2402.3%38.337.432.3
Other reportables0+00.0%43.943.921.7
Small traders-11,073+1,366-35.8%30.955.855.8

Full Traders in Financial Futures report history: CSV · switch the chart above to this report family for the full series.

Recent history

Report dateOpen interestLarge spec netΔCommercial netΔSmall trader net
2026-09-0130,9482,695-5998,378-767-11,073
2026-08-2531,1133,294+7719,145+2,574-12,439
2026-08-1831,0492,523+1,1506,571-1,245-9,094
2026-08-1128,8631,373-1,8177,816-3,257-9,189
2026-08-0433,5063,190-3,03211,073+900-14,263
2026-07-2835,4456,222+2,26010,173+2,418-16,395
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

Full history, no login: CSV (2004-11-30 → 2026-09-01) · 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 2026-09-01 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net long 2,695 contracts in Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom futures.
How current is this Nikkei Stock Average Yen Denom COT data?
The latest report is dated 2026-09-01 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-09-04. 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 2026-09-01) 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 → 2026-09-01. Methodology.