Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Equities and Bonds) 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; 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 short positions last week and by 4,943 contracts that led to a net position of -86.7K contracts.

• 5 year U.S. Treasury:

5-year treasury short positions rose last week, and by 53,016 contracts that brought the net position to -573.5K contracts.

• 10 year U.S. Treasury:

Speculators increased short positions last week. The short positions got increased by 41,054 contracts to -330.6K contracts.

• S&P 500 (E-mini) –

Speculators increased long positions last week. The net long positions got increased by 2,693 contracts to +209.6K contracts.

• Russell 2000 –

Last week, the speculators reduced long positions for a third straight week and by 73 contracts to +0.44K contracts.

• MSCI Emerging Markets Mini Index –

Long positions rose for a third consecutive week and by 2,634 contracts that pushed the net position to +180.3K contracts.

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