COT reports: Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in AUD/USD FX futures: AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (number of contracts) - United States - CFTC - Weekly
This series is part of the dataset: AUD/USD exchange rate COT reports (CFTC)
Download Full Dataset (.xlsx)Latest updates. According to the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in AUD/USD FX futures of the kind "AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" stood at 1,780 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 2,090 on 11 August.
Sample. There are 711 records in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the time period going from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Have a look at some descriptive statistics calculated on the whole sample: positions had an average value of 1,956 contracts; they reached a trough of 0 on 29 December 2020; they reached their highest level of 76,903 on 9 December 2025.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 2280.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 2090.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 1780.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Compensated (spread) positions held by dealers in futures on the AUD/USD exchange rate |
| Country | United States |
| Economic concept | Stock |
| Data type | Quantity |
| Seasonally adjusted | No |
| Deflation method | Not applicable |
| Rescaling | None |
| Measure type | Level |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Unit | Number of contracts |
| Source | Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) |
| Source type | Government agency |
| Data licence | Public domain information |
| Other information | Specific future: AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE |
| FSR temporal aggregation code | LW1 |
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