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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Equities and Bonds) as at August 14th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (17th August) and cover positions up to Tuesday (14th August). 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 reduced short positions for a second consecutive week. Last week short positions declined by 6,736 contracts that led to a net position of -86.8K contracts.

  • 5 year U.S. Treasury:

5 year treasury short positions declined for the first time in eight weeks and by 65,006 contracts that brought the net position to -802.5K contracts.

  • 10 year U.S. Treasury:

Speculators increased short positions last week. The short positions got increased by 111,895 contracts to -698.2K contracts.

  • S&P 500 (E-mini) –

Speculators increased long positions for the first time in four weeks and by 14,462 contracts to +179.7K contracts.

  • MSCI Emerging Markets Mini-Index –

Long positions declined for the first time in five weeks and by 18,224 contracts that pushed the net position to +148.1K contracts

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