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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (FX) as at November 13th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (16th November) and cover positions up to Tuesday (13th November). COT report is not a complete presenter of entire market positions since the future market is relatively smaller compared to Spot FX market. Nevertheless, it presents crucial picture on 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 decreased:

  • The short positions in the New Zealand dollar declined for the second consecutive week and by 4,858 contracts to -20.9K contracts.
  • The short positions in the Australian dollar declined for the second consecutive week and by 6,665 contracts to -59.8K contracts.
  • The short positions in the euro declined for the first time in six weeks and by 9,824 contracts to -37K contracts.
  • The short positions in the British pound sterling declined last week and by 9,692 contracts to -47.1K contracts.
  • The short positions in the Swiss franc declined last week by 1,346 contracts to -18.6K contracts.

Short positions increased:

  • The short positions in the Japanese yen rose for the first time in five weeks and by 13,172 contracts to -102.3K contracts.
  • The short positions in the Canadian dollar rose last week by 159 contracts to -2.8K contracts.

Long positions increased:

  • The long positions in the Mexican Peso rose for the first time in five weeks and by 251 contracts to +7.3K contracts.

 

 

 

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