COT reports: Total open positions (open interest) 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), total open positions (open interest) in AUD/USD FX futures of the kind "AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 288,526 contracts on 18 August 2026, versus 267,222 on 11 August.
Sample. In this weekly time series, there are 711 records. The period covered by the series extends from January 2013 to August 2026.
History. Here’s a quick look at a few descriptive statistics computed on the entire sample: positions registered a minimum of 70,276 contracts on 28 June 2016; they peaked at 315,898 on 10 March 2026; they had an average value of 156,796.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | 240482.0 |
| 2026-08-11 | 267222.0 |
| 2026-08-18 | 288526.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Total open positions (open interest) 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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