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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Equities and Bonds) as at April 18th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (21st April) and cover positions up to Tuesday (18th April). COT report is not a complete presenter of entire market positions; however, it represents a good chunk of institutional traders, to feel what’s going on in capital markets and how big traders are aligned.

Kindly note, in some cases, numbers are rounded to nearest decimal.

  • 2 year U.S. Treasury:

Speculators increased long positions last week and by 3,051 contracts that pushed the net position to +29.7K contracts.

  • 5 year U.S. Treasury:

5-year treasury short positions got covered sharply last week, and by 115,665 contracts that brought the net position to -92.1K contracts.

  • 10 year U.S. Treasury:

Speculators covered short positions last week and by 23,229 contracts to -41.3K contracts.

  • S&P 500 (E-mini) –

Speculators increased long position sharply last week. The net long positions got increased by 13,263 contracts to +134.2K contracts.

  • Russell 2000 –

Shorts increased for the 11th time in 12 weeks. The net short positions increased by 13,823 contracts to -72.2K contracts.

  • MSCI Emerging Markets Mini Index –

Long positions decreased for the second consecutive week and by 9,581 contracts that pushed the net position to +202.6K contracts.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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