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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (FX) as at July 10th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (13th July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (10th July). 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 euro.

Long positions decreased:

  • The long positions in the euro declined for the 10th time in 11 weeks and by 12,390 contracts to +24.4K contracts.

Short positions decreased:

  • The short position in the Swiss franc declined last week and by 373 contracts to -40.1K contracts.

Short positions increased:

  • The short positions in the Canadian dollar rose for a third consecutive week and by 3,439 contracts to -52.9K contracts.
  • Short positions in the New Zealand dollar rose for a third consecutive week and by 170 contracts to -26.6K contracts.
  • Short positions in the British pound sterling rose for a third consecutive week and by 11,622 contracts to -40.4K contracts.
  • The short positions in the Australian dollar rose last week and by 1,743 contracts to -41K contracts.
  • The short positions in the Japanese yen rose for the second consecutive week and by 1,102 contracts to -39.8K contracts,

Long positions increased:

  • Long positions in the Mexican peso rose last week by 22,217 contracts that resulted in a net position of +28.1K contracts.

 

 

 

 

 

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