US Dollar Index COT positioning
Leveraged funds are net long 3,311 contracts in US Dollar Index futures as of Nov 3, 2026, with positioning at 83 of 100 within its 52-week range. From the weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report.
Positions as of Tue, Nov 3, 2026 · published Fri, Nov 6, 2026 · Source: CFTC
Leveraged funds added to their long position over the past week. That leaves positioning at 83 on a 0–100 scale between its 52-week low and high — a crowded, stretched reading.
WAVG reads this the same way every week across every market, names the factors behind the bias, and flags when positioning reaches the edge of its 52-week range.
What moves US Dollar Index positioning
The ICE Dollar Index measures the dollar against a basket of major currencies, so its positioning is a single, direct read on dollar sentiment — a useful cross-check against the individual EUR, GBP and JPY contracts. The futures are smaller and thinly traded, so treat the level as a sentiment gauge rather than a precise flow.
The driver is the Fed against the rest of the world — relative rate paths and growth — plus safe-haven demand, since the dollar strengthens in global stress. When Dollar Index positioning and the euro's positioning point the same way, they are largely describing the same exposure — the euro alone makes up 57.6% of the index basket.
This week's report
| Trader group | Long | Short | Net |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leveraged funds | 18,677 | 15,366 | +3,311 |
| Asset managers | 18,660 | 1,840 | +16,820 |
| Dealers | 5,145 | 24,959 | −19,814 |
Contracts held long, short and net as of Nov 3, 2026 (published Nov 6, 2026). Source: CFTC.
The last 13 weeks
| Week ending | Leveraged funds net | Change | Index (52w) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 2026 | +5,772 | +1,923 | 100 |
| Aug 18, 2026 | +8,112 | +2,340 | 100 |
| Aug 25, 2026 | +9,189 | +1,077 | 100 |
| Sep 1, 2026 | +7,133 | −2,056 | 94 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | +6,186 | −947 | 91 |
| Sep 15, 2026 | −4,909 | −11,095 | 59 |
| Sep 22, 2026 | −4,495 | +414 | 60 |
| Sep 29, 2026 | +361 | +4,856 | 74 |
| Oct 6, 2026 | +864 | +503 | 75 |
| Oct 13, 2026 | +2,076 | +1,212 | 79 |
| Oct 20, 2026 | +3,183 | +1,107 | 82 |
| Oct 27, 2026 | +3,158 | −25 | 82 |
| Nov 3, 2026 | +3,311 | +153 | 83 |
Net position of leveraged funds at each weekly reporting date, the change from the week before, and the COT index for that week. The index compares a week against this market’s own 52-week range: 0 is the low end of that range, 100 the high end — a high reading is not the same as a long position. Source: CFTC.
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