NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM COT report
NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE positioning from the CFTC Legacy report. Net positions equal long contracts minus short contracts. Commercial, non-commercial and non-reportable classifications describe participants; they are not buy or sell signals.
Positions as of 2026-10-27. Open interest: 24933 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.
How are traders positioned?
| Category | Long | Short | Net contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-commercial | 5248 | 2971 | 2277 |
| Commercial | 14064 | 7380 | 6684 |
| Non-reportable | 5564 | 14525 | -8961 |
Non-commercial percentile: 23 across 82 stored observations. This is the share of sampled net positions at or below the latest value, not a price forecast.
Position history in contracts
| Observation date | Non-commercial net |
|---|---|
| 2026-10-27 | 2277 |
| 2026-10-20 | 2245 |
| 2026-10-13 | 2708 |
| 2026-10-06 | 814 |
| 2026-09-29 | 1336 |
| 2026-09-22 | 1545 |
| 2026-09-15 | 2624 |
| 2026-09-08 | 2724 |
| 2026-09-01 | 2695 |
| 2026-08-25 | 3294 |
| 2026-08-18 | 2523 |
| 2026-08-11 | 1373 |
| 2026-08-04 | 3190 |
| 2026-07-28 | 6222 |
| 2026-07-21 | 3962 |
| 2026-07-14 | 4019 |
| 2026-07-07 | 3827 |
| 2026-06-30 | 4102 |
| 2026-06-23 | 5791 |
| 2026-06-16 | 7071 |
| 2026-06-09 | 6614 |
| 2026-06-02 | 11124 |
| 2026-05-26 | 9604 |
| 2026-05-19 | 10087 |
| 2026-05-12 | 8915 |
| 2026-05-05 | 11211 |
| 2026-04-28 | 10087 |
| 2026-04-21 | 10406 |
| 2026-04-14 | 11398 |
| 2026-04-07 | 8839 |
| 2026-03-31 | 7468 |
| 2026-03-24 | 7628 |
| 2026-03-17 | 9114 |
| 2026-03-10 | 1175 |
| 2026-03-03 | 6330 |
| 2026-02-24 | 5682 |
| 2026-02-17 | 4918 |
| 2026-02-10 | 2613 |
| 2026-02-03 | 4210 |
| 2026-01-27 | 2946 |
| 2026-01-20 | 6376 |
| 2026-01-13 | 5131 |
| 2026-01-06 | 3671 |
| 2025-12-30 | 3145 |
| 2025-12-23 | 4325 |
| 2025-12-16 | 5033 |
| 2025-12-09 | 7185 |
| 2025-12-02 | 7082 |
| 2025-11-25 | 7179 |
| 2025-11-18 | 9318 |
| 2025-11-10 | 7922 |
| 2025-11-04 | 8389 |
| 2025-10-28 | 8504 |
| 2025-10-21 | 9518 |
| 2025-10-14 | 7094 |
| 2025-10-07 | 5023 |
| 2025-09-30 | 8197 |
| 2025-09-23 | 8309 |
| 2025-09-16 | 7313 |
| 2025-09-09 | 3948 |
| 2025-09-02 | 3627 |
| 2025-08-26 | 4906 |
| 2025-08-19 | 4848 |
| 2025-08-12 | 2506 |
| 2025-08-05 | 7 |
| 2025-07-29 | 2251 |
| 2025-07-22 | -1160 |
| 2025-07-15 | 2045 |
| 2025-07-08 | 1742 |
| 2025-07-01 | 2552 |
| 2025-06-24 | 3984 |
| 2025-06-17 | 4127 |
| 2025-06-10 | 793 |
| 2025-06-03 | 1954 |
| 2025-05-27 | 2633 |
| 2025-05-20 | 3592 |
| 2025-05-13 | 2668 |
| 2025-05-06 | 1906 |
| 2025-04-29 | 39 |
| 2025-04-22 | -2295 |
| 2025-04-15 | -1731 |
| 2025-04-08 | -3032 |
Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07
This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.
Asset Managers hold Nikkei at a near-record long of 8,209 contracts (99.4th percentile), but the 12-week trend is flat, meaning this extreme positioning is not actively building. Dealers are modestly long at 590 contracts (87.8th percentile), creating a consensus long regime. The key risk is that this extreme positioning has not been tested by a recent price decline, making the market vulnerabl...
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