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What positions do traders hold in NZ DOLLAR futures?

In NZ DOLLAR futures, leveraged funds held a net short position of 19,280 contracts and open interest was 131,413 contracts on (CFTC Commitments of Traders, released ).

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

The lines

  • Leveraged funds−19,280
  • Asset managers and institutional−49,313
  • Dealers and intermediaries+67,282

Open interest in NZ DOLLAR futures each week, contracts

8 November 2016 to 20 October 2026Contracts

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

Each point is one week of NZ 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 NZ 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 interest131,413125,15182,50937,730
Leveraged funds, net−19,280−11,619+5,714+6,044
Asset managers and institutional, net−49,313−44,139−43,064−236
Dealers and intermediaries, net+67,282+54,202+39,116−6,404

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Right now

Leveraged funds held a net short position of 19,280 contracts in NZ DOLLAR futures in the week to , the largest net short since the week of .

The dealers and intermediaries were net long 67,282 contracts that week, and asset managers and institutional net short 49,313 contracts.

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Open interestNZ DOLLAR, week of 20 October 2026

Open interest was 131,413 contracts in the week to , the most since the week of .

+6,262 contracts from the week before, held by 120 reporting traders.

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RecordsOurs, since the week of 13 June 2006

Open interest was highest at 149,185 contracts in the week of .

Leveraged funds held their largest net long, 36,906 contracts, in the week of , and their largest net short, 33,461 contracts, in the week of .

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The other groupsNet, and the last week larger

Asset managers and institutional: net short 49,313 contracts, the largest net short since the week of .

Dealers and intermediaries: net long 67,282 contracts, the largest net long since the week of .

Other reportable traders: net long 3,584 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 short 19,280 contracts in NZ 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 NZ DOLLAR futures as (CONTRACTS OF NZD 100,000), and the market as NZ 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 NZ DOLLAR positions split between long and short?Week of 20 October 2026, contracts
Long, short and spread positions of each group in NZ DOLLAR futures (NZ DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE), week of 20 October 2026 (contracts; net is ours)
GroupLongShortSpreadNet
Leveraged funds13,78333,063619−19,280
Asset managers and institutional11,64360,9563,440−49,313
Dealers and intermediaries92,48825,2060+67,282
Other reportable traders5,1311,5470+3,584
Nonreportable (below the reporting level)4,3096,582n/a−2,273

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What were the net positions in NZ DOLLAR futures each week?104 weeks, newest first, since 29 October 2024
Open interest and net positions in NZ DOLLAR futures by week, newest first (contracts; net is ours)
WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
131,413−19,280−49,313+67,282+3,584
125,151−11,619−44,139+54,202+3,530
129,883−787−32,534+30,894+4,461
114,777−1,066−21,228+19,628+4,345
101,377−4,787−11,485+13,535+3,768
135,122−1,766+10,170−10,982+2,912
125,978−17,350+14,024+981+2,942
107,274−22,338+2,959+18,357+1,577
88,964−31,994+430+30,739+1,690
89,153−26,806−25,459+52,362+1,605
96,840−33,461−29,247+62,773+1,980
101,908−30,290−33,977+65,490+2,261
105,128−30,027−44,157+75,480+1,573
108,800−31,086−43,615+76,066+1,289
118,190−29,002−53,762+85,357+1,278
113,535−27,201−57,568+88,064+299
110,331−25,285−57,210+86,129+527
103,297−22,822−50,479+74,595+1,384
135,171−22,187−41,821+62,946+3,251
149,185−22,254−31,785+53,953+3,220
136,648−27,725−26,177+52,653+3,609
91,414−13,670−34,071+47,366+3,186
92,545−15,336−37,443+52,812+2,851
86,227−19,435−38,300+56,940+3,162
85,340−19,294−43,049+61,015+2,404
83,529−16,833−41,828+57,304+2,585
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WeekOpen interestLeveraged funds, netAsset managers and institutional, netDealers and intermediaries, netOther reportable traders, net
82,508−18,062−42,512+58,725+2,378
80,727−17,091−38,519+54,498+2,548
76,952−15,825−34,454+49,098+2,177
70,805−17,798−27,635+43,605+2,686
65,011−16,730−25,012+39,716+2,714
64,084−15,917−22,101+36,044+2,777
84,215−4,166−37,371+40,494+939
79,462−10,295−30,803+38,474+1,979
71,503−10,262−26,922+32,697+2,577
73,004−12,465−26,152+35,625+1,688
71,848−10,785−29,222+37,212+1,559
71,304−10,597−29,882+38,185+2,376
85,552−11,658−40,930+52,283+1,428
92,661−5,119−52,099+56,842+1,577
85,211−10,133−45,756+54,816+1,584
84,556−10,605−40,649+50,308+1,803
79,352−14,480−37,981+51,018+1,988
82,159−10,344−41,228+51,499+964
103,974−12,006−43,664+55,467+1,418
114,432−7,854−59,139+67,705+1,018
104,251−1,936−61,984+66,166+565
107,180+438−63,543+65,414−275
103,502+2,117−61,098+61,364−152
102,883+5,009−57,751+54,578+180
91,568+2,236−47,678+46,005+992
88,049+5,046−49,481+46,117+348
89,666+6,525−51,495+46,507+133
82,509+5,714−43,064+39,116+548
72,345+5,567−39,689+34,810+789
68,651+6,865−34,630+28,614+965
56,346−2,850−18,421+20,903+1,819
49,146−5,327−11,933+18,433+239
71,602−1,874−3,121+6,836+257
55,035+285−5,127+6,373+91
53,094−225−4,743+7,229−455
47,495−4,004−3,198+7,531+670
48,240−4,190−3,679+8,437+544
48,090−6,778−1,811+9,368+547
46,587−6,250+3,903+1,111+308
44,100−7,328+5,034+2,579−156
41,959−6,744+8,192−2,823+1,007
43,037−8,654+9,229−4,595+2,002
42,303−8,424+8,515−3,013+1,308
44,217−11,981+12,195−2,500+1,179
47,833−12,260+5,873+3,880+1,374
78,867−7,160−17,162+23,396+474
67,925−8,234−18,407+25,700+868
59,262−6,999−19,046+25,973+54
61,056−7,867−19,888+28,045+318
60,757−3,532−20,157+23,498−305
60,509−5,448−17,006+21,898+251
63,075−7,187−16,280+22,703+543
62,689−6,299−20,692+27,313+232
66,702−9,460−21,491+32,355+41
72,109−9,938−28,864+40,851+91
81,797−10,036−38,828+49,660+1,049
82,270−8,337−39,370+48,700+305
84,543−4,947−36,910+44,085−781
117,627−9,910−48,557+56,190+4,672
99,433−8,919−51,528+57,994+5,298
90,322−14,735−42,513+52,890+5,693
89,366−13,860−43,799+54,248+5,080
87,118−11,376−43,315+52,171+4,582
83,998−16,426−36,358+52,748+2,621
83,969−17,935−36,716+55,164+2,107
90,600−13,741−40,043+58,386−1,984
92,053−14,107−40,779+59,637−2,196
92,127−13,547−40,443+59,116−2,657
88,125−11,779−39,252+57,084−2,856
84,775−12,714−37,404+56,323−2,975
80,998−12,819−32,940+52,574−2,999
98,096−6,545−28,535+36,386+2,334
80,220−2,202−27,189+30,319+1,494
79,001−1,181−26,722+30,825+584
72,846+2,145−25,355+26,408−313
64,216+5,031−21,055+18,107−731
59,800+8,064−19,025+13,474−1,092
58,020+12,177−11,875+2,897−1,759

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

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