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Australian Dollar: speculative net positioning at 3-year low

Positioning extremeFact · rule-generatedPublished 24 Oct 2026Australian Dollar data

Non-commercial traders were net short 127,292 Australian Dollar futures contracts as of 2026-10-20, the lowest net reading across 156 weekly reports.

Each statement cites its observations

Facts

  1. 01

    Report date 2026-10-20. Non-commercial long 98,419, short 225,711, net −127,292 contracts.

    Observations: 139527, 139531, 139528, 139532, 139529

  2. 02

    Open interest 333,010 contracts; non-commercial net equals -38.2% of open interest.

    Observations: 139527, 139531, 139528, 139532, 139529

  3. 03

    Percentile rank 0.3 over 156 weeks.

    Observations: 139527, 139531, 139528, 139532, 139529

Underlying observations

Provenance

IDMetricPeriodValueStatusClassObservedSource
139531Commercial long
Australian Dollar
2026-10-20201,947VerifiedPublic2026-10-24 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
139532Commercial short
Australian Dollar
2026-10-2087,022VerifiedPublic2026-10-24 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
139528Non-commercial long
Australian Dollar
2026-10-2098,419VerifiedPublic2026-10-24 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
139529Non-commercial short
Australian Dollar
2026-10-20225,711VerifiedPublic2026-10-24 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
139527Open interest
Australian Dollar
2026-10-20333,010VerifiedPublic2026-10-24 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.