Speculators trimmed net bullish positions in US 10-yr treasury futures

7 December 2015, 10:49
sathish kumar
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The data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) for the week ended Dec 1 showed traders trimmed overall bullish bets last week, after having pushed the same to a new bullish position in the previous week.

The non-commercial futures contracts of US 10-year treasury note futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, weekly change of -19,593 net contracts a net position of +15,519 contracts. The weekly bullish positions rose by 24,634 contracts, while the bearish positions rose by 44,227 contracts.

The commercials, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, reduced their overall bullish positions to a total net position of +139,948 contracts.