Australian Dollar

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR · CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · CFTC code 232741 · week ending 2026-10-06

Trader category

Range

Leveraged Money is net long 16.5% of open interest — elevated

Leveraged Money holds a net position of 54,133 contracts, or 16.5% of the 328,682 contracts of open interest, leaving the category net long. That is meaningfully above its three-year average, though short of an extreme (z = +1.31 and sits at 78 on a 0–100 scale of its three-year range). In contracts, the net position moved −6,459 while open interest moved +18,882 — new shorts entering, with fresh money taking the short side as open interest grew. That is −3.09pp as a share of open interest.

Net position as a share of open interest

Leveraged Money · blue above the line is net long, red below is net short

Open interest

The denominator. Positioning shares mean little without knowing whether the market itself is growing or shrinking.

Z-score vs its own 3-year history

Shaded beyond ±2σ. Measures how unusual today's share is for this market.

COT Index (0–100)

Rank within the 3-year range. Shaded below 10 and above 90.

Weekly flow, adjusted for open interest

Change in the net share week over week, in percentage points of open interest.

Who is on the other side

Net share of open interest by trader group. The groups net to zero — every long is someone's short.

Dealer / Intermediary Asset Manager Leveraged Money Other Reportable Non-Reportable

The classic Commercial / Large Speculator split is not offered for financial futures. The CFTC's financial taxonomy (Dealer, Asset Manager, Leveraged Money) is a different cut rather than a subdivision of the legacy one, and no combination of its categories reproduces the legacy figures, so presenting one would be a guess.

Recent weeks (table view)

Week	Open interest	Net	Net % OI	Δ pp	Z	COT Idx
2026-10-06	328,682	54,133	16.47%	-3.09	1.31	78
2026-09-29	309,800	60,592	19.56%	0.40	1.57	84
2026-09-22	306,488	58,726	19.16%	6.76	1.57	84
2026-09-15	493,141	61,135	12.40%	1.47	1.04	70
2026-09-08	455,468	49,779	10.93%	-1.75	0.94	67
2026-09-01	391,678	49,662	12.68%	-3.51	1.09	71
2026-08-25	333,906	54,061	16.19%	-1.87	1.38	78
2026-08-18	288,526	52,108	18.06%	-0.10	1.55	81
2026-08-11	267,222	48,541	18.17%	1.27	1.57	82
2026-08-04	240,482	40,637	16.90%	4.88	1.48	79
2026-07-28	229,784	27,618	12.02%	1.01	1.08	69
2026-07-21	225,153	24,788	11.01%	-2.05	1.01	67