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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (FX) as at April 17th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (20th April) and cover positions up to Tuesday (17th April). COT report is not a complete presenter of entire market positions since the future market is relatively smaller compared to Spot FX market. Nevertheless, it presents a crucial picture of how key participants are looking at future moves.

Key highlights:

Market participants are net long in all currencies against the dollar except the Australian dollar and the Swiss franc.

Long positions increased:

  • The long positions in the British pound sterling rose for a sixth consecutive week and by 4,676 contracts +47.7K contracts.
  • The long positions in the euro rose for a second consecutive week and by 4,013 contracts to +151.5K contracts.
  • The long positions in the New Zealand dollar rose for a second consecutive week by 4,776 contracts to 27.6K contracts.

Long positions decreased:

  • The long positions in the Japanese yen declined for a second consecutive week and by 170 contracts to +2.6K contracts.
  • The long positions in the Mexican Peso declined by 377 contracts last week to +101.8K contracts.

Short positions increased:

  • The short positions in the Australian dollar rose for a second consecutive week by 7,359 contracts that pushed the net position to -10.1K contracts.

Short position decreased:

  • The short position in the Canadian dollar declined for a second consecutive week and by 1,348 contracts to -30.3K contracts.
  • The short positions in the Swiss Franc declined by 223 contracts to -10.5K contracts.

 

 

 

 

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