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What positions do traders hold in SO AFRICAN RAND futures?

In SO AFRICAN RAND futures, leveraged funds held a net long position of 4,888 contracts and open interest was 38,473 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in SO AFRICAN RAND futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts

26 May 2015 to 20 October 2026Net is long less short, ours; contracts

Net positions in SO AFRICAN RAND futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (26 May 2015 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in SO AFRICAN RAND futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (6 December 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in SO AFRICAN RAND futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

The lines

  • Leveraged funds+4,888
  • Asset managers and institutional+17,962
  • Dealers and intermediaries−24,092

Open interest in SO AFRICAN RAND futures each week, contracts

26 May 2015 to 20 October 2026Contracts

Open interest in SO AFRICAN RAND futures each week, contracts (26 May 2015 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in SO AFRICAN RAND futures each week, contracts (6 December 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in SO AFRICAN RAND futures each week, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

Each point is one week of SO AFRICAN RAND futures from the CFTC's Traders in Financial Futures report (futures only): the net position, long contracts less short contracts, of one group of traders, or all open contracts. The chart shows up to the newest ten years. Pointing at the chart shows the week and the value.

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The latest week of SO AFRICAN RAND futures beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year, five and ten years earlier. The weeks of the last two years and every group's long and short are in the tables under "The numbers behind the chart".

MeasureLatestThe week beforeA year earlierFive years earlierTen years earlier
Week
Open interest38,47337,08724,17713,8055,305
Leveraged funds, net+4,888+4,548−1,130−3,660−1,064
Asset managers and institutional, net+17,962+17,577+12,580+3,279−448
Dealers and intermediaries, net−24,092−23,290−11,209+843+1,544

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Observed .

Right now

Leveraged funds held a net long position of 4,888 contracts in SO AFRICAN RAND futures in the week to , the largest net long since the week of .

The dealers and intermediaries were net short 24,092 contracts that week, and asset managers and institutional net long 17,962 contracts.

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Open interestSO AFRICAN RAND, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 38,473 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

+1,386 contracts from the week before, held by 53 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 26 May 2015

Open interest was highest at 70,196 contracts in the week of .

Leveraged funds held their largest net long, 18,044 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 33,023 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Asset managers and institutional: net long 17,962 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Dealers and intermediaries: net short 24,092 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net long 117 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

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Understanding the futures positions report

Where it stands today

Leveraged funds were net long 4,888 contracts in SO AFRICAN RAND futures in the week of 20 October 2026.

Who are the groups in the report?

The CFTC's Traders in Financial Futures report, one of its Commitments of Traders reports, gives the positions held in each financial futures market on a Tuesday, sorted by kind of trader: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional investors, dealers and intermediaries, other reportable traders and traders below the reporting level.

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A position is a number of contracts, long or short; dealers, asset managers, leveraged funds and other reportables also report spread positions, which hold both. The CFTC assigns each reporting trader to a group from the business the trader reports. This page uses the report's futures-only figures, which leave out options. The report gives the contract size of SO AFRICAN RAND futures as (CONTRACTS OF ZAR 500,000), and the market as SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE.

What 500metrics adds: net positions (long less short, which leave out spread positions), the change from the week before, the records since the week of 26 May 2015, and the last week a group's net position was larger on the same side.

The numbers behind the chart

How were the SO AFRICAN RAND positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in SO AFRICAN RAND futures (SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Leveraged funds8,7983,910513+4,888
Asset managers and institutional19,6341,6720+17,962
Dealers and intermediaries6,56830,6600−24,092
Other reportable traders11700+117
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)2,8431,718n/a+1,125

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What were the net positions in SO AFRICAN RAND futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in SO AFRICAN RAND futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
38,473+4,888+17,962−24,092+117
37,087+4,548+17,577−23,290−165
36,413+4,409+17,884−23,508−165
34,978+4,654+20,720−27,330−165
37,849+3,745+22,833−28,355−165
44,699+3,542+22,032−27,838−165
46,838+354+20,233−23,937+857
36,349+2,016+17,312−22,265+857
35,719+2,533+16,327−20,939+797
32,248+1,681+12,646−16,755+530
32,605+1,065+11,426−14,562+429
29,188+2,790+8,539−13,082−271
28,361+3,212+9,286−14,043−271
27,605+2,654+11,015−15,362−255
27,642+2,663+11,417−16,194−245
27,185+3,587+10,838−16,123−345
25,927+3,301+10,714−15,204−463
25,725+4,304+11,288−17,249−82
32,486+3,444+12,063−17,879+187
32,054+2,045+12,357−16,292−218
31,456+2,993+11,283−16,716−244
25,499+4,400+9,165−15,161−460
23,921+4,754+8,011−14,622−310
23,330+5,101+8,185−15,113−223
23,215+4,225+8,014−14,5740
22,400+3,921+9,159−15,271−110
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WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
22,666+4,037+9,166−15,708−23
22,450+4,139+8,330−14,324−110
22,654+6,501+5,912−13,914−100
21,619+7,651+5,028−13,868−100
22,134+7,584+6,458−15,263−100
21,382+6,329+8,745−16,520−200
35,726+2,443+9,205−12,918−281
35,556+1,133+11,055−13,4980
29,998+2,546+10,757−16,020+487
30,024+3,296+10,994−16,468+587
30,293+3,215+11,534−17,101+487
30,584+2,993+10,815−16,072+487
29,051+3,306+11,621−17,094+435
28,050+2,321+11,578−14,961+17
27,591+590+11,676−13,178−103
27,457+328+11,557−12,668−203
25,932−1,756+11,744−11,086+45
25,123−1,846+11,688−10,847+60
26,107−2,737+11,180−9,430−40
26,518−1,741+10,926−10,298+162
23,864−1,855+10,830−9,872+50
21,997−1,756+10,642−9,775−2
24,091−468+10,595−10,565+206
22,366+244+10,138−9,806−376
22,966+372+10,838−10,923−94
25,149−657+13,056−12,503+12
24,507−909+12,812−11,968−96
24,177−1,130+12,580−11,209−275
25,740−1,472+12,351−11,002−918
23,488−1,252+10,757−9,879−1,014
23,282+4,012+4,154−8,618−987
24,174+3,235+5,353−9,090−894
27,865+6,386+4,861−11,171−1,201
24,806+5,728+5,496−10,633−1,258
23,991+5,865+5,276−10,465−1,304
23,606+7,001+3,847−9,618−1,648
24,709+8,153+2,653−9,469−1,523
25,510+11,133−501−9,254−1,805
24,237+9,666+1,261−9,956−2,139
22,677+7,843+2,980−10,917−1,302
22,331+8,211+4,325−11,754−1,845
22,069+7,293+5,122−12,117−1,766
20,049+5,909+6,074−11,822−1,500
19,578+5,452+6,465−10,971−1,728
21,093+4,805+8,039−12,171−1,649
26,148+1,594+9,575−11,209−1,540
24,545+819+11,360−11,074−1,917
25,451+333+11,734−10,754−2,052
24,945−396+12,062−10,236−1,989
26,605−386+12,401−9,767−2,338
22,798+3,039+5,478−6,274−2,299
22,858+10,974−3,327−4,337−2,555
23,646+10,977−3,300−5,007−2,205
23,543+11,596−4,157−4,854−1,991
23,596+12,380−4,078−6,567−1,074
23,643+6,012+7,366−12,419−1,487
23,214+6,917+6,720−12,499−1,798
20,839+6,031+8,102−12,698−1,663
40,298−11,820+13,803−19−1,585
26,108−12,792+14,123+145−1,413
29,062−18,767+19,663−85−668
31,538−15,323+15,579+237−568
28,525−15,622+15,497+222−745
23,167−10,736+6,755+3,396−325
23,769−10,396+6,289+3,371−68
23,232−6,683+1,437+4,423−451
22,537−6,156+3,026+2,424−562
22,393−6,507+4,114+1,760−684
25,041−6,096+7,764−2,389−290
28,484−16,106+18,086−3,189−104
30,606−18,196+20,023−3,435+382
56,089+13,644+16,324−31,384−80
38,404+14,727+15,633−31,448−425
38,265+13,846+16,534−31,866−338
38,078+14,483+16,518−32,335−460
38,316+7,249+24,236−32,506−460
38,999+6,103+25,321−33,158−264
39,946+6,448+25,058−32,524−701

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What do these figures leave out, and how are they cited?Limits, dates and how to cite

What this number cannot tell you

  • Positions are those of the Tuesday the report is dated; the CFTC released the report on 23 October 2026.
  • A trader's group comes from the CFTC's own classification. Nonreportable positions are open interest less the reportable positions.
  • Net positions leave out spread positions, so a group's long and short do not account for all of its contracts.
  • Records and ranks are counted from the week of 26 May 2015, the start of this market's latest run of weekly reports. The CFTC can revise a week in a later report, and our collector keeps the earlier figure.
  • Contracts are not comparable between markets: the size of one is the CFTC's contract size above.
  • Market names are the CFTC's own, written as it writes them. 500metrics is independent and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by any index provider, exchange or company named in them.

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How to cite this

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders, Traders in Financial Futures report (futures only), SO AFRICAN RAND - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in SO AFRICAN RAND futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/south-african-rand.

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