Canadian Dollar COT Report
CFTC Commitments of Traders · positions as of Tuesday 2026-10-20, released Oct 23, 2026 (the CFTC reports each Tuesday's close three days later) · next release Oct 30, 2026 (regular cycle; see the release schedule for holiday shifts)
Canadian Dollar positioning is mixed - commercials selling (26w index 42).
How this read is built
- Commercials (hedgers) are net long and sit in the middle of their 26-week range (COT index 42) - a bearish tilt in the traditional read.
A description of how traders are positioned versus their own history - the standard Commitments of Traders interpretation, computed identically for every market. It is not a price forecast, a trading signal, or advice. How traders use positioning · how the read is computed.
As of the COT report, large speculators are net short 74,709 Canadian Dollar futures contracts (up 20,056 week-over-week), commercials are net long 86,848, and open interest is 383,635 contracts. Leveraged funds were net short 91,113 contracts as of (down 3,001 week-over-week), holding 28,341 long and 119,454 short.
Cite this data
FuturesBench, "Canadian Dollar COT Report," data as of 2026-10-20. https://futuresbench.com/cot/canadian-dollar/#net-position Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders (public domain). CSV: https://futuresbench.com/data/cot/canadian-dollar.csv
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Positioning - as of Tuesday 2026-10-20
| Trader category | Net position | Weekly change | % of open interest | COT index 26w | COT index 52w | COT index 3y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Large speculators | -74,709 | +20,056 | -19.5% | 63.5 | 48.5 | 52.3 |
| Commercials | 86,848 | -18,765 | 22.6% | 42.0 | 56.2 | 52.9 |
| Small traders | -12,139 | -1,291 | -3.2% | 7.6 | 16.8 | 14.1 |
Net = long − short (spread positions cancel). COT index: 0 = most net-short of the lookback, 100 = most net-long. How it's computed.
Traders in Financial Futures report - positions as of Tue 2026-10-20
| Trader category | Net position | Weekly change | % of open interest | COT index 26w | COT index 52w | COT index 3y |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dealer/intermediary | 100,798 | -20,183 | 26.3% | 49.6 | 59.4 | 51.1 |
| Asset manager | -5,399 | +25,405 | -1.4% | 74.5 | 57.9 | 67.7 |
| Leveraged funds | -91,113 | -3,001 | -23.7% | 17.6 | 16.1 | 13.3 |
| Other reportables | 7,853 | -930 | 2.0% | 7.2 | 6.2 | 42.9 |
| Small traders | -12,139 | -1,291 | -3.2% | 7.6 | 16.8 | 14.1 |
Full Traders in Financial Futures report history: CSV · switch the chart above to this report family for the full series.
Canadian Dollar leveraged funds positions, week by week
Leveraged funds long, short and net position in Canadian Dollar futures for the last 26 weekly COT reports (positions as of each Tuesday), from the CFTC Traders in Financial Futures futures-only report. Short = long minus net; spread positions are excluded from both.
| Report date | Leveraged funds long | Leveraged funds short | Leveraged funds net | Weekly change | Asset managers net | Dealers net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28,341 | 119,454 | -91,113 | -3,001 | -5,399 | 100,798 | |
| 23,811 | 111,923 | -88,112 | -8,487 | -30,804 | 120,981 | |
| 31,682 | 111,307 | -79,625 | -9,981 | -35,806 | 119,957 | |
| 34,581 | 104,225 | -69,644 | -22,783 | -27,581 | 99,824 | |
| 32,415 | 79,276 | -46,861 | -7,839 | -24,121 | 63,812 | |
| 29,857 | 68,879 | -39,022 | +16,426 | -9,386 | 48,614 | |
| 28,941 | 84,389 | -55,448 | +13,302 | -30,008 | 82,107 | |
| 27,845 | 96,595 | -68,750 | +3,342 | -49,544 | 117,959 | |
| 27,384 | 99,476 | -72,092 | +16,805 | -58,943 | 124,930 | |
| 26,172 | 115,069 | -88,897 | +3,108 | -89,495 | 172,665 | |
| 26,511 | 118,516 | -92,005 | +9,743 | -104,545 | 193,131 | |
| 24,786 | 126,534 | -101,748 | +747 | -101,314 | 200,820 | |
| 26,391 | 128,886 | -102,495 | -4,118 | -101,160 | 205,507 | |
| 31,615 | 129,992 | -98,377 | -5,606 | -98,165 | 197,413 | |
| 33,997 | 126,768 | -92,771 | -6,814 | -106,487 | 198,960 | |
| 38,249 | 124,206 | -85,957 | +2,144 | -108,343 | 191,739 | |
| 36,456 | 124,557 | -88,101 | -4,724 | -81,244 | 167,242 | |
| 32,530 | 115,907 | -83,377 | -18,324 | -83,868 | 166,150 | |
| 31,107 | 96,160 | -65,053 | -6,430 | -83,619 | 148,647 | |
| 29,832 | 88,455 | -58,623 | -14,022 | -73,639 | 130,981 | |
| 34,541 | 79,142 | -44,601 | -6,506 | -51,966 | 89,852 | |
| 33,148 | 71,243 | -38,095 | +559 | -27,200 | 53,024 | |
| 28,159 | 66,813 | -38,654 | -991 | 10,533 | 17,440 | |
| 29,032 | 66,695 | -37,663 | +10,095 | 23,768 | -2,425 | |
| 25,741 | 73,499 | -47,758 | +6,070 | 29,790 | 3,022 | |
| 25,239 | 79,067 | -53,828 | +10,387 | 16,032 | 23,252 |
Every week back to 2006: Canadian Dollar TFF CSV.
Recent history
| Report date | Open interest | Large spec net | Δ | Commercial net | Δ | Small trader net |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | 383,635 | -74,709 | +20,056 | 86,848 | -18,765 | -12,139 |
| 2026-10-13 | 378,204 | -94,765 | -4,602 | 105,613 | +2,111 | -10,848 |
| 2026-10-06 | 371,048 | -90,163 | -11,492 | 103,502 | +13,938 | -13,339 |
| 2026-09-29 | 347,274 | -78,671 | -25,461 | 89,564 | +33,566 | -10,893 |
| 2026-09-22 | 311,085 | -53,210 | -15,633 | 55,998 | +9,075 | -2,788 |
| 2026-09-15 | 358,186 | -37,577 | +32,922 | 46,923 | -27,506 | -9,346 |
| 2026-09-08 | 334,861 | -70,499 | +37,644 | 74,429 | -40,853 | -3,930 |
| 2026-09-01 | 334,800 | -108,143 | +13,379 | 115,282 | -7,949 | -7,139 |
| 2026-08-25 | 329,544 | -121,522 | +36,644 | 123,231 | -38,148 | -1,709 |
| 2026-08-18 | 359,585 | -158,166 | +15,196 | 161,379 | -18,307 | -3,213 |
| 2026-08-11 | 364,104 | -173,362 | +5,733 | 179,686 | -7,322 | -6,324 |
| 2026-08-04 | 365,083 | -179,095 | -2,785 | 187,008 | -2,013 | -7,913 |
| 2026-07-28 | 372,447 | -176,310 | -1,862 | 189,021 | +2,020 | -12,711 |
| 2026-07-21 | 365,599 | -174,448 | +1,831 | 187,001 | +283 | -12,553 |
| 2026-07-14 | 368,792 | -176,279 | -3,153 | 186,718 | +4,722 | -10,439 |
| 2026-07-07 | 363,847 | -173,126 | -22,320 | 181,996 | +22,669 | -8,870 |
| 2026-06-30 | 346,500 | -150,806 | -4,014 | 159,327 | +3,538 | -8,521 |
| 2026-06-23 | 342,860 | -146,792 | -13,891 | 155,789 | +12,383 | -8,997 |
| 2026-06-16 | 492,468 | -132,901 | -12,902 | 143,406 | +14,594 | -10,505 |
| 2026-06-09 | 383,773 | -119,999 | -25,888 | 128,812 | +29,206 | -8,813 |
| 2026-06-02 | 305,869 | -94,111 | -25,229 | 99,606 | +27,761 | -5,495 |
| 2026-05-26 | 297,944 | -68,882 | -37,651 | 71,845 | +36,121 | -2,963 |
| 2026-05-19 | 292,877 | -31,231 | -14,989 | 35,724 | +22,007 | -4,493 |
| 2026-05-12 | 251,467 | -16,242 | -1,583 | 13,717 | +923 | 2,525 |
| 2026-05-05 | 243,793 | -14,659 | +23,817 | 12,794 | -24,349 | 1,865 |
| 2026-04-28 | 252,679 | -38,476 | +20,358 | 37,143 | -22,078 | 1,333 |
Full history, no login: CSV (1986-01-15 → 2026-10-20) · JSON
Contract facts
FAQ
- Are large speculators long or short Canadian Dollar futures?
- As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, large speculators (non-commercial traders) are net short 74,709 contracts in Canadian Dollar futures.
- What is the leveraged funds position in Canadian Dollar futures?
- As of the 2026-10-20 COT report, leveraged funds traders are net short 91,113 contracts (28,341 long, 119,454 short) in Canadian Dollar futures. The week-by-week table on this page lists the last 26 reports.
- How current is this Canadian Dollar COT data?
- The latest report is dated 2026-10-20 (positions as of that Tuesday's close), published by the CFTC on 2026-10-23. This page updates within minutes of each weekly release.
- Where can I download Canadian Dollar COT history?
- The full weekly series (1986-01-15 to 2026-10-20) is free at /data/cot/canadian-dollar.csv - no login, no cap.
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, legacy futures-only report, contract code 090741. Dataset coverage 1986-01-15 → 2026-10-20. Methodology.