COT reports: Short positions held by dealers 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 dealers in AUD/USD FX futures of the kind "AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 57,484 contracts on 14 July 2026, compared to 52,266 on 7 July 2026.
Sample. There are 706 records overall in the weekly time series displayed in the graph above. The series covers the time range extending from January 2013 to July 2026.
History. Have a look at a few simple statistics we calculated on the entire sample: positions were equal on average to 25,337 contracts; they reached a minimum of 0 on 18 June 2013; they hit a peak of 174,431 on 12 May 2026.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | 64020.0 |
| 2026-07-07 | 52266.0 |
| 2026-07-14 | 57484.0 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by dealers 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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