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Euro FX: speculative net positioning at 3-year low

Positioning extremeFact · rule-generatedPublished 17 Oct 2026Euro FX data

Non-commercial traders were net short 137,573 Euro FX futures contracts as of 2026-10-13, the lowest net reading across 156 weekly reports.

Each statement cites its observations

Facts

  1. 01

    Report date 2026-10-13. Non-commercial long 222,929, short 360,502, net −137,573 contracts.

    Observations: 138871, 138873, 138875, 138872, 138876

  2. 02

    Open interest 874,541 contracts; non-commercial net equals -15.7% of open interest.

    Observations: 138871, 138873, 138875, 138872, 138876

  3. 03

    Percentile rank 0.3 over 156 weeks.

    Observations: 138871, 138873, 138875, 138872, 138876

Underlying observations

Provenance

IDMetricPeriodValueStatusClassObservedSource
138875Commercial long
Euro FX
2026-10-13521,361VerifiedPublic2026-10-17 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
138876Commercial short
Euro FX
2026-10-13410,136VerifiedPublic2026-10-17 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
138872Non-commercial long
Euro FX
2026-10-13222,929VerifiedPublic2026-10-17 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
138873Non-commercial short
Euro FX
2026-10-13360,502VerifiedPublic2026-10-17 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0
138871Open interest
Euro FX
2026-10-13874,541VerifiedPublic2026-10-17 13:16 UTCU.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (opens in a new tab)
cot-legacy/1.0.0

Source: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders (Legacy, futures only). Calculations: EveryIntel. Generated by intelligence-rules/1.0.0; confidence 97%. Findings describe published data; they are not forecasts, investment advice or recommendations. See the methodology.