AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR/USD COT Report
Report date: March 10, 2026
Neutral – Balanced Trade
Price and institutional positioning are not aligned.
Price Action
Weekly impulse (previous vs current)
- Current Week (2026-03-03 → 2026-03-10): ▼ -0.52%
- Previous Week (2026-02-24 → 2026-03-03): ▲ +0.64%
- Pre-cutoff POC (2026-03-03 → 2026-03-10): 0.7
- Post-cutoff POC (2026-03-10 → 2026-03-13): 0.7
- Friday 3PM price (2026-03-13): ▼ 0.7003
- Friday vs Post-cutoff POC: +0.0003 (▲ +0.05%)
What's Changed?
- Open Interest — 343,916 (▲ +44,761 WoW)
- Asset Managers — 86,915 long / 62,933 short → +23,982 net (7.0% of OI)
- Net ▼ reduced by 5,974 contracts
- Leveraged Funds — 73,176 long / 23,704 short → +49,472 net (14.4% of OI)
- Net ▼ reduced by 2,910 contracts
- Swap Dealers — 27,509 long / 137,046 short → -109,537 net (-31.8% of OI)
- Net ▲ increased by 4,805 contracts
- Other Reportables — 8,001 long / 1,123 short → +6,878 net (2.0% of OI)
- Net ▼ reduced by 2,298 contracts
Positioning Summary
- Asset Managers reduced net exposure during the reporting week.
- Leveraged Funds increased downside exposure, leading directional pressure.
- Dealer spreading increased, indicating active internal hedging amid elevated trade flow.
- Open interest increased, indicating expanding market participation.
Risk Flags
- Downside price movement was led by leveraged fund short expansion.
Generated 2026-03-14T20:20:08.774073 UTC