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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (FX) as at June 4th 2019

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (7th June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (4th June). 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 British pound sterling rose by 15,766 contracts to -47.8K contracts.
  • The short positions in the New Zealand dollar rose sharply by 4,248 contracts to -20.4K contracts.
  • The short positions in the Swiss franc rose by 1,390 contracts to -36K contracts.
  • The short positions in the Canadian dollar rose last week by 2,336 contracts to -41.8K contracts.

Long position decreased:

  • The long positions in the Mexican Peso declined by 18,238 contracts to +124.2K contracts.

Short positions decreased:

  • The short positions in the euro declined by 12,140 contracts to -87.5K contracts.
  • The short positions in the Australian dollar declined by 3,102 contracts to -63.3K contracts.
  • The short positions in the Japanese yen declined by 11,188 contracts to -44.4K contracts.
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