CFTC Commitments of Traders weekly data - page 23

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CFTC Commitments of Traders: Euro shorts and AUD longs in fashion Forex futures market speculator positions data from the CFTC Commitments of Traders report as of the close on March 1, 2016:

• EUR short 68K vs 47K short prior week
• GBP short 39K vs. 33K short prior week.
• JPY long 60K vs. 53K long prior week
• CAD short 30K vs. 37K short prior week
• CHF short 1.5K vs. 2K short prior week
• AUD long 17K vs. 10K long prior week
• NZD short 4.2K vs 6.6K short prior week

Whoever bought those 7,000 AUD futures contracts is feeling pretty good this weekend. What stands out about AUD is how quickly it's gone from -60K to +16K. The market falls in love with yield quickly.

The euro is bouncing but there is still plenty of for shorts. As recently as December, the net short was -160K.

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CFTC - Commitments of Traders: Speculators More Bullish on Oil, Gold, JPY; More Bearish on EUR, GBP The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released its weekly Commitments of Traders report for the week ending March 1 on Friday.

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CFTC Commitments of Traders: Specs wrong on EUR but right on AUD CFTC weekly positioning data released March 11, 2016 for forex futures:

• EUR short 72K vs 69K short prior week
• GBP short 49K vs. 39K short prior week.
• JPY long 64K vs. 60K long prior week
• CAD short 26K vs. 30K short prior week
• CHF short 0.1K vs. 1.5K short prior week
• AUD long 29K vs. 17K long prior week
• NZD short 2K vs 4K short prior week

The data reflects the close on Tuesday, March 8.

Speculators were betting against the euro headed into the ECB and some were no-doubt squeezed out afterwards.

The other takeaway is that the market is beginning to find itself smitten with the Australian dollar.

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CFTC - Commitments of Traders: Speculators More Bullish on Oil, Gold, JPY The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released its weekly Commitments of Traders report for the week ending March 8 on Friday.

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CFTC commitments of traders: GBP shorts pared before FOMC/BOE decisions CFTC weekly positioning data released March 18, 2016 for Forex futures

• EUR short 78K vs. 72K short prior week
• GBP short 14K vs. 49K short prior week
• JPY long 46K vs. 64K long prior week
• CAD short 17K vs. 26K short prior week
• CHF long 5K vs. 0.1K short prior week
• AUD long 13K vs. 29K long prior week
• NZD long 1K vs. 2K short prior week

The GBP shorts were pared as of the close on business on Tuesday to 14K just before the rally which started on Wednesday.

Versus the EUR, traders were not as fortunate as short positions remained near prior week levels before the rally on Wednesday.

The AUD saw long positions cut by 16K prior to the rally started on Wednesday.

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Commitments of Traders: Speculators More Bullish on Oil; Less Bullish on JPY, Gold, AUD

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Commitments of Traders: Speculators More Bullish on Oil, Gold, JPY, AUD; Less Bearish on EUR, S&P 500

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CFTC Commitments of Traders: Sterling whipsaw CFTC weekly positioning data as of the close on March 22 for forex futures:

• EUR short 66K vs. 78K short prior week
• GBP short 38K vs. 14K short prior week
• JPY long 53K vs. 46K long prior week
• CAD short 15K vs. 17K short prior week
• CHF long 4K vs. 5K long prior week
• AUD long 18K vs. 13K long prior week
• NZD long 1K vs. 1K long prior week

The market piled back into pound shorts after fleeing last week.

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CFTC Commitments of Traders: Net speculative positions little changed CFTC weekly positioning data as of the close on March 29 for forex futures

• EUR short 64K vs. 66k short prior week
• GBP short 40K vs. 38K short prior week.
• JPY long 54K vs. 53K long prior week
• CAD short 6K vs. 15k short prior week
• CHF long 5K vs. 4K long prior week
• AUD long 23K vs. 18K long prior week
• NZD long 2K vs. 1K long prior week

Overall net speculative positions were little changed in the current week as of the close on business on Tuesday March 29th.

The biggest change was the CAD which trimmed short positions from 15K to 6K. The AUD saw long positions increase by 5K to 23K

The other currencies changed by 1k to 2K.

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CFTC - Commitments of Traders - No Major Changes in Speculative Positions