Latest Commitment of Traders positions (FX) as at May 14th 2019

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (17th May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (14th May). The COT report is not a complete presenter of entire market positions since the future market is relatively smaller compared to the Spot FX market. Nevertheless, it presents a crucial picture of how key participants are looking at future moves.

Key highlights:

Market participants are net short in all currencies against the dollar except the Mexican peso.

Short positions increased:

• The short positions in the Swiss franc rose by 431 contracts to -40K contracts.
• The short positions rose by 1,473 contracts to -47.6K contracts.
• The short positions in the Australian dollar rose by 1,956 contracts to-57K contracts.

Long position decreased:

• The long positions in the Mexican Peso rose by 3,518 contracts to +148.2K contracts.

Short positions decreased:

• The short positions in the New Zealand dollar declined by 1,304 contracts to -11.4K contracts.
• The short positions in the Japanese yen declined by 30,137 contracts to -61.6K contracts.
• The short positions in the euro declined by 10,804 contracts to -95.3K contracts.
• The short positions in the pound declined by 3,561 contracts to -3.3K contracts.