COT reports: Short positions held by other reporting traders 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 other reporting traders in AUD/USD FX futures of the kind "AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE" were 750 contracts on 15 September 2026, versus 500 on 8 September.
Sample. There are 715 observations in the weekly series displayed in the chart above. The series covers the period going from January 2013 to September 2026.
History. Here are some descriptive statistics we calculated on the full sample: positions were equal on average to 5,886 contracts; they hit a minimum of 0 on 30 November 2021; they reached their highest level of 35,666 on 8 September 2015.
Latest values
| Date | Value - Number of contracts |
|---|---|
| 2026-09-01 | 1,053.00 |
| 2026-09-08 | 500.000 |
| 2026-09-15 | 750.000 |
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Series Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Description | Short positions held by other reporting traders 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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