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What positions do traders hold in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures?

In AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures, leveraged funds held a net long position of 52,497 contracts and open interest was 333,010 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

Net positions in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Net is long less short, ours; contracts

Net positions in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Net positions in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures each week: leveraged funds, asset managers and institutional, dealers and intermediaries, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

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  • Leveraged funds+52,497
  • Asset managers and institutional−128,739
  • Dealers and intermediaries+60,274

Open interest in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures each week, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Contracts

Open interest in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures each week, contracts (8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026)
Open interest in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures each week, contracts (22 October 2024 to 20 October 2026)

Each point is one week of AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 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 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures beside the one before it and the nearest ones a year and five 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 earlier
Week
Open interest333,010339,464170,002158,531
Leveraged funds, net+52,497+50,591+5,423−43,445
Asset managers and institutional, net−128,739−115,920−60,136−21,683
Dealers and intermediaries, net+60,274+48,901+40,672+72,876

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Leveraged funds held a net long position of 52,497 contracts in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures in the week to , the largest net long since the week of .

The dealers and intermediaries were net long 60,274 contracts that week, and asset managers and institutional net short 128,739 contracts.

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Open interestAUSTRALIAN DOLLAR, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 333,010 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

−6,454 contracts from the week before, held by 108 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 13 June 2006

Open interest was highest at 493,141 contracts in the week of .

Leveraged funds held their largest net long, 99,708 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 65,027 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Asset managers and institutional: net short 128,739 contracts, the largest net short since our record begins in the week of .

Dealers and intermediaries: net long 60,274 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net long 3,601 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 52,497 contracts in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR 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 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures as (CONTRACTS OF AUD 100,000), and the market as AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - 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 13 June 2006, and the last week a group's net position was larger on the same side.

The numbers behind the chart

How were the AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures (AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Leveraged funds88,76136,264204+52,497
Asset managers and institutional80,700209,4392,073−128,739
Dealers and intermediaries125,60165,327205+60,274
Other reportable traders4,1015000+3,601
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)31,36518,998n/a+12,367

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What were the net positions in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
333,010+52,497−128,739+60,274+3,601
339,464+50,591−115,920+48,901+5,499
328,682+54,133−101,428+28,965+4,834
309,800+60,592−73,199−8,787+4,503
306,488+58,726−55,353−28,008+4,981
493,141+61,135−46,396−38,303+4,483
455,468+49,779−40,199−33,579+4,813
391,678+49,662−30,467−43,456+3,665
333,906+54,061−45,427−38,043+4,028
288,526+52,108−48,066−30,167+3,432
267,222+48,541−42,679−33,186+2,962
240,482+40,637−34,219−30,321+3,037
229,784+27,618−31,709−14,169+1,795
225,153+24,788−35,144−13,625+2,383
208,457+27,222−40,569−7,507+2,957
204,837+29,683−37,303−8,412+2,177
215,837+31,777−39,207−11,391+2,755
214,349+39,111−37,007−18,745+2,766
295,545+41,538−31,451−29,802+2,506
314,177+42,292−12,083−49,908+1,190
305,391+58,800+856−82,252+3,635
302,802+60,234+19,075−102,956+3,370
301,269+61,178+40,595−129,244+3,543
289,244+55,851+47,551−135,692+5,477
279,532+56,600+44,874−133,596+5,251
277,370+47,855+45,097−125,218+6,750
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WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
275,415+48,325+36,508−118,694+5,480
263,918+43,642+36,483−110,826+4,960
264,658+45,901+40,747−117,670+4,488
263,962+52,569+44,633−128,002+3,265
257,694+49,145+43,926−119,369+2,803
265,675+45,359+41,929−120,695+8,696
315,898+46,568+23,329−105,736+7,851
267,280+54,635+28,878−113,269+8,269
248,697+64,653+10,577−107,225+7,326
256,213+70,260+1,761−108,088+8,009
247,194+64,904−13,915−85,073+8,157
254,240+59,409−18,802−74,623+12,074
252,055+44,726−19,349−56,223+9,683
230,657+27,558−31,599−30,704+8,947
229,456+30,217−33,486−27,063+7,876
230,926+35,115−31,316−34,370+8,368
223,804+33,671−32,752−30,996+8,023
217,163+41,482−40,339−25,857+6,888
293,796+39,477−40,863−25,768+6,830
296,662+18,563−61,986+19,944+5,618
202,574−17,669−68,078+64,934+7,701
192,678−17,558−69,054+72,750+5,238
179,341−12,427−60,110+58,618+4,868
179,467−15,531−62,515+65,347+4,816
180,801−7,488−60,691+58,498+3,208
173,436−12,434−60,254+61,398+4,018
173,878+346−65,252+52,830+4,531
170,002+5,423−60,136+40,672+4,941
170,970−3,037−53,176+34,736+5,473
167,976−11,646−51,595+49,073+3,454
160,854−5,546−48,799+40,235+3,434
154,790−3,081−40,442+29,791+3,223
208,092−4,754−68,461+65,662+1,543
185,048−10,353−66,140+72,368+556
191,207−4,483−79,151+83,910+419
185,901−4,819−73,775+76,367+736
171,294−9,698−67,593+69,314+4,305
163,900−10,464−61,482+66,990+3,941
159,680−11,386−49,481+53,594+4,221
161,394−12,185−53,883+58,190+3,964
150,487−17,608−38,483+49,648+4,052
153,390−17,450−38,246+45,041+4,486
151,338−24,288−35,159+49,349+6,007
151,032−22,303−36,950+52,182+4,984
147,471−15,300−32,070+39,607+3,753
224,272−22,309−33,460+43,396+6,199
202,595−19,155−31,996+43,301+5,890
179,292−15,956−31,657+41,823+1,025
177,853−6,684−34,435+41,209+369
180,460−6,372−27,495+32,042+3,362
183,057−15,851−11,945+24,920+4,217
184,804−17,574−8,385+21,868+2,951
190,798−22,645−5,022+19,819+3,696
178,747−24,314−11,953+37,880+3,271
194,476−29,441−15,614+46,790+5,170
182,766−33,119−35,437+64,645+7,200
180,087−31,240−38,132+69,573+4,682
180,546−29,920−36,615+62,858+4,187
258,738−23,790−38,382+50,074+19,273
202,272−28,373−45,370+63,220+19,319
185,971−30,552−37,289+58,607+15,986
189,686−33,347−31,084+55,947+12,114
196,295−42,495−29,067+63,996+12,425
204,869−38,549−45,557+80,996+11,302
192,011−44,281−42,405+80,562+13,294
190,211−36,659−42,546+75,092+12,616
192,020−39,039−38,358+75,949+11,114
197,764−33,788−42,846+72,719+13,489
182,872−33,230−56,846+85,268+11,896
177,789−27,604−58,307+87,065+8,876
172,661−22,119−61,519+85,979+7,227
239,026−4,387−34,773+13,020+33,890
190,247−6,390−21,143−7,344+33,992
185,533+1,473−12,706−14,427+29,978
181,688+2,913−18,925−9,712+30,216
171,880−315−13,041−18,525+29,042
177,416+12,148−15,596−22,673+25,338
183,977+19,061−24,102−27,490+22,189

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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 13 June 2006, 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), AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE, week of 20 October 2026, released 23 October 2026. Compiled by 500metrics, "What positions do traders hold in AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR futures?", https://500metrics.com/futures-positions/australian-dollar.

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