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Australian Dollar: speculative net positioning at 3-year low

Positioning extremeFact · rule-generatedPublished 17 Oct 2026Australian Dollar data

Non-commercial traders were net short 117,299 Australian Dollar futures contracts as of 2026-10-13, the lowest net reading across 156 weekly reports.

Each statement cites its observations

Facts

  1. 01

    Report date 2026-10-13. Non-commercial long 98,389, short 215,688, net −117,299 contracts.

    Observations: 138903, 138907, 138904, 138908, 138905

  2. 02

    Open interest 339,464 contracts; non-commercial net equals -34.6% of open interest.

    Observations: 138903, 138907, 138904, 138908, 138905

  3. 03

    Percentile rank 0.3 over 156 weeks.

    Observations: 138903, 138907, 138904, 138908, 138905

Underlying observations

Provenance

IDMetricPeriodValueStatusClassObservedSource
138907Commercial long
Australian Dollar
2026-10-13207,131VerifiedPublic2026-10-17 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
138908Commercial short
Australian Dollar
2026-10-13100,761VerifiedPublic2026-10-17 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
138904Non-commercial long
Australian Dollar
2026-10-1398,389VerifiedPublic2026-10-17 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
138905Non-commercial short
Australian Dollar
2026-10-13215,688VerifiedPublic2026-10-17 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
138903Open interest
Australian Dollar
2026-10-13339,464VerifiedPublic2026-10-17 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0

Source: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders (Legacy, futures only). Calculations: EveryIntel. Generated by intelligence-rules/1.0.0; confidence 97%. Findings describe published data; they are not forecasts, investment advice or recommendations. See the methodology.