AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR COT report
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - 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: 325008 contracts. This is the latest stored observation, not live trading data.
How are traders positioned?
| Category | Long | Short | Net contracts |
|---|---|---|---|
| Non-commercial | 101057 | 229372 | -128315 |
| Commercial | 190329 | 79094 | 111235 |
| Non-reportable | 32345 | 15265 | 17080 |
Non-commercial percentile: 1 across 103 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 | -128315 |
| 2026-10-20 | -127292 |
| 2026-10-13 | -117299 |
| 2026-10-06 | -98588 |
| 2026-09-29 | -63239 |
| 2026-09-22 | -46814 |
| 2026-09-15 | -38906 |
| 2026-09-08 | -34870 |
| 2026-09-01 | -39406 |
| 2026-08-25 | -44455 |
| 2026-08-18 | -44159 |
| 2026-08-11 | -39223 |
| 2026-08-04 | -33190 |
| 2026-07-28 | -39964 |
| 2026-07-21 | -37685 |
| 2026-07-14 | -30710 |
| 2026-07-07 | -24651 |
| 2026-06-30 | -17700 |
| 2026-06-23 | -13012 |
| 2026-06-16 | -4125 |
| 2026-06-09 | 18160 |
| 2026-06-02 | 41812 |
| 2026-05-26 | 60155 |
| 2026-05-19 | 85644 |
| 2026-05-12 | 84990 |
| 2026-05-05 | 78674 |
| 2026-04-28 | 71869 |
| 2026-04-21 | 64817 |
| 2026-04-14 | 65075 |
| 2026-04-07 | 70813 |
| 2026-03-31 | 81506 |
| 2026-03-24 | 70872 |
| 2026-03-17 | 69061 |
| 2026-03-10 | 54197 |
| 2026-03-03 | 67762 |
| 2026-02-24 | 52644 |
| 2026-02-17 | 45931 |
| 2026-02-10 | 33209 |
| 2026-02-03 | 26118 |
| 2026-01-27 | 7146 |
| 2026-01-20 | -14011 |
| 2026-01-13 | -18846 |
| 2026-01-06 | -18960 |
| 2025-12-30 | -21216 |
| 2025-12-23 | -21598 |
| 2025-12-16 | -21895 |
| 2025-12-09 | -62947 |
| 2025-12-02 | -83393 |
| 2025-11-25 | -84176 |
| 2025-11-18 | -75856 |
| 2025-11-10 | -78627 |
| 2025-11-04 | -71576 |
| 2025-10-28 | -73934 |
| 2025-10-21 | -65764 |
| 2025-10-14 | -59578 |
| 2025-10-07 | -57805 |
| 2025-09-30 | -64606 |
| 2025-09-23 | -59590 |
| 2025-09-16 | -51160 |
| 2025-09-09 | -79231 |
| 2025-09-02 | -82683 |
| 2025-08-26 | -100590 |
| 2025-08-19 | -94887 |
| 2025-08-12 | -87905 |
| 2025-08-05 | -83560 |
| 2025-07-29 | -78094 |
| 2025-07-22 | -81255 |
| 2025-07-15 | -74919 |
| 2025-07-08 | -74314 |
| 2025-07-01 | -70090 |
| 2025-06-24 | -72562 |
| 2025-06-17 | -69390 |
| 2025-06-10 | -69944 |
| 2025-06-03 | -63155 |
| 2025-05-27 | -61180 |
| 2025-05-20 | -59077 |
| 2025-05-13 | -49346 |
| 2025-05-06 | -48372 |
| 2025-04-29 | -49943 |
| 2025-04-22 | -54582 |
| 2025-04-15 | -58848 |
| 2025-04-08 | -63300 |
| 2025-04-01 | -75863 |
| 2025-03-25 | -77446 |
| 2025-03-18 | -70449 |
| 2025-03-11 | -48226 |
| 2025-03-04 | -48233 |
| 2025-02-25 | -45580 |
| 2025-02-18 | -56723 |
| 2025-02-11 | -65585 |
| 2025-02-04 | -75309 |
| 2025-01-28 | -71831 |
| 2025-01-21 | -71296 |
| 2025-01-14 | -77631 |
| 2025-01-07 | -73433 |
| 2024-12-31 | -71411 |
| 2024-12-24 | -68170 |
| 2024-12-17 | -61531 |
| 2024-12-10 | 8485 |
| 2024-12-03 | 21401 |
| 2024-11-26 | 31776 |
| 2024-11-19 | 31598 |
| 2024-11-12 | 29795 |
Historical AI commentary — 2026-07-07
This commentary is dated separately from the positioning table. It may describe an earlier market environment.
SUMMARY: The Australian Dollar is in a state of extreme and rapidly shifting positioning. Speculators have flipped from being heavily short to heavily long, while dealers have swung from long to short, creating a classic positioning reset. The price has rallied to a middle-of-the-range level, and historical patterns suggest a potential for further gains over the next month, but with significant...
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