Australian Dollar futures COT positions and historical chart

Official market: AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR · CME · TFF Futures Only

Latest report: 8 September 2026 · processed 11 Sept 2026, 19:31 · Current weekly data

Official CFTC dataset

Current positioning summary

Leveraged Funds held a net-long Australian Dollar futures position of 49,779 contracts. The position increased by 117 contracts from the preceding available report. The position ranked in the 92th percentile of the latest 156 available reports.

Report date: 8 September 2026

Asset Manager/Institutional

Long
102,385
Short
142,584
Net
-40,199
Weekly change
-9,732
Net / open interest
-8.82%
52 reports
38th percentile
156 reports
51th percentile

Leveraged Funds

Long
87,978
Short
38,199
Net
+49,779
Weekly change
+117
Net / open interest
10.92%
52 reports
75th percentile
156 reports
92th 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
2026-09-08Dealer/Intermediary115,580149,159-33,579+9,877-39346th percentile
2026-09-08Asset Manager/Institutional102,385142,584-40,199-9,732+2,48038th percentile
2026-09-08Leveraged Funds87,97838,199+49,779+117+1,23875th percentile
2026-09-08Other Reportables5,313500+4,813+1,148+1,85150th percentile
2026-09-08Non-Reportable37,07917,893+19,186-1,410-5,17644th percentile
2026-09-01Dealer/Intermediary104,022147,478-43,456-5,413-13,13540th percentile
2026-09-01Asset Manager/Institutional108,835139,302-30,467+14,960+3,75262th percentile
2026-09-01Leveraged Funds78,49828,836+49,662-4,399+9,02575th percentile
2026-09-01Other Reportables4,7181,053+3,665-363+62842th percentile
2026-09-01Non-Reportable36,24015,644+20,596-4,785-27050th percentile
2026-08-25Dealer/Intermediary101,536139,579-38,043-7,876-23,87440th percentile
2026-08-25Asset Manager/Institutional97,445142,872-45,427+2,639-13,71831th percentile
2026-08-25Leveraged Funds81,34427,283+54,061+1,953+26,44381th percentile
2026-08-25Other Reportables4,878850+4,028+596+2,23346th percentile
2026-08-25Non-Reportable39,76514,384+25,381+2,688+8,91679th percentile
2026-08-18Dealer/Intermediary84,525114,692-30,167+3,019-16,54250th percentile
2026-08-18Asset Manager/Institutional78,264126,330-48,066-5,387-12,92231th percentile
2026-08-18Leveraged Funds75,64423,536+52,108+3,567+27,32079th percentile
2026-08-18Other Reportables4,132700+3,432+470+1,04937th percentile
2026-08-18Non-Reportable38,60315,910+22,693-1,669+1,09569th percentile
2026-08-11Dealer/Intermediary72,292105,478-33,186-2,865-25,67942th percentile
2026-08-11Asset Manager/Institutional74,059116,738-42,679-8,460-2,11033th percentile
2026-08-11Leveraged Funds72,16623,625+48,541+7,904+21,31977th percentile
2026-08-11Other Reportables3,462500+2,962-75+527th percentile
2026-08-11Non-Reportable39,20514,843+24,362+3,496+6,46575th percentile
2026-08-04Dealer/Intermediary61,33591,656-30,321-16,152-21,90946th percentile
2026-08-04Asset Manager/Institutional68,767102,986-34,219-2,510+3,08450th percentile
2026-08-04Leveraged Funds64,63924,002+40,637+13,019+10,95458th percentile
2026-08-04Other Reportables3,537500+3,037+1,242+86027th percentile
2026-08-04Non-Reportable36,57915,713+20,866+4,401+7,01158th percentile
2026-07-28Dealer/Intermediary61,15575,324-14,169-544-2,77856th percentile
2026-07-28Asset Manager/Institutional66,32898,037-31,709+3,435+7,49856th percentile
2026-07-28Leveraged Funds57,49029,872+27,618+2,830-4,15944th percentile
2026-07-28Other Reportables2,752957+1,795-588-96012th percentile
2026-07-28Non-Reportable34,27817,813+16,465-5,133+39942th percentile
2026-07-21Dealer/Intermediary60,66374,288-13,625-6,118+5,12056th percentile
2026-07-21Asset Manager/Institutional61,57496,718-35,144+5,425+1,86352th percentile
2026-07-21Leveraged Funds53,63128,843+24,788-2,434-14,32340th percentile
2026-07-21Other Reportables3,4401,057+2,383-574-38313th percentile
2026-07-21Non-Reportable36,77515,177+21,598+3,701+7,72363th percentile

How to interpret Australian Dollar positioning

What the contract represents

Australian Dollar futures represent AUD exposure against the US dollar.

Categories traders monitor

Leveraged Fund positioning is frequently used as a weekly risk-sentiment context alongside the more institutional Asset Manager category.

Interpretation considerations

China, commodities and rate differentials can matter, but positioning alone does not identify the catalyst.

Important limitations

Futures are only one venue and the publication delay prevents real-time inference.

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