COT reports: Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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), short positions held by non-reporting traders in AUD/USD FX futures of the kind "AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 15,910 contracts on 18 August 2026, compared to 14,843 on 11 August 2026.
Sample. There are 711 observations in the weekly series shown in the chart above. The series covers the span of time extending from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Check out some descriptive statistics we computed on the full sample: positions hit a maximum of 104,729 contracts on 16 June 2026; they recorded a minimum of 14,505 on 31 March 2026; they were equal on average to 27,866.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 15713.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 14843.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 15910.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by non-reporting traders 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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