Australian Dollar

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR · CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE · CFTC code 232741 · week ending 2026-08-11

Trader category

Range

Leveraged Money is net long 18.2% of open interest — elevated

Leveraged Money holds a net position of 48,541 contracts, or 18.2% of the 267,222 contracts of open interest, leaving the category net long. That is meaningfully above its three-year average, though short of an extreme (z = +1.57 and sits at 82 on a 0–100 scale of its three-year range). In contracts, the net position moved +7,904 while open interest moved +26,740 — new longs entering, with fresh money taking the long side as open interest grew alongside the position. That is +1.27pp 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
2026-08-11	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
2026-07-14	208,457	27,222	13.06%	-1.43	1.19	72
2026-07-07	204,837	29,683	14.49%	-0.23	1.33	74
2026-06-30	215,837	31,777	14.72%	-3.52	1.36	75
2026-06-23	214,349	39,111	18.25%	4.19	1.67	82
2026-06-16	295,545	41,538	14.05%	0.59	1.34	74
2026-06-09	314,177	42,292	13.46%	-5.79	1.31	72
2026-06-02	305,391	58,800	19.25%	-0.64	1.83	84
2026-05-26	302,802	60,234	19.89%	-0.41	1.91	85