CFTC: Speculative longs cut, especially Crude; Gold bought again
Speculative investors scaled back their net long exposure to US traded commodities for the first time in seven weeks following net selling in two of the three major sectors: energy and agriculture,...
View ArticleCFTC: Dollar selling - euro buying pauses, while AUD long reduced
Hedge funds gave the dollar a break after many weeks of selling. The EUR short position, which has been reduced by two-third since the ECB announce its intention to 'do what it takes' was unchanged...
View ArticleCFTC: Dollar short sharply reduced as EUR, JPY and AUD are sold
Hedge Funds reduced their dollar shorts by the most since September 2011 according to data from the CFTC covering the week ending October 9. Some net 10 billion dollars was sold primarily against EUR,...
View ArticleCFTC: Heavy JPY selling and small CAD to AUD reshuffle seen
Speculators sold JPY by the biggest amount in 18 months during week ending October 23 on monetary easing speculation in Japan. The aggregate dollar short fell to the lowest in seven weeks while CHF...
View ArticleCFTC: JPY short doubles on BOJ easing and US data double whammy
Hedge funds continued to decrease their aggregate short dollar position against eight IMM currency futures during the week ending October 30. The main driver behind this third week of net dollar buying...
View ArticleCFTC: Dollar positioning back to neutral as EUR and JPY are sold
Speculative investors in IMM currency futures scaled back their aggregate short dollar position by one-third as of November 6. The greenback was primarily bought against the EUR and JPY. The switch out...
View ArticleCFTC: Commodity exposure cut before US election
Speculative investors continued to scale back their exposure to commdities during the week ending November 6, the day of the US presidential election. Biggest reductions hit gold, natural gas and...
View ArticleCFTC: Risk adversity supports USD; JPY bought just before drop
Money managers bought dollars again during the week ending November 13 as general risk adversity brought on by worries about Greece and the US fiscal cliff supported the greenback. Six out of eight...
View ArticleCFTC: Long commodity retreat persists; Agriculture hurts
Speculators continued to cut exposure to commodities during the week ending Nov 13. The biggest sector reduction hit agriculture (-18%) followed by energy (-7%). The gold revival helped the metal...
View ArticleCFTC: USD bought against all eight IMM currencies
Money managers flocked to the dollar during the week ending November 20, according to data from the CFTC. During the week some seven billion dollars were bought, primarily against JPY, EUR and GBP.
View ArticleCFTC:Speculators raise bullish bets as positive momentum returns
Hedge funds returned to commodities last week. As of November 20 they increased their net long positions in the 24 commodities in this report by 5.2 percent to 1,394,000 contracts. The energy sector...
View ArticleCFTC: Commodity investment rise distorted by WTI and NatGas
Non-commercial traders reduced their exposure to commodities during the week ending November 27. Two large reductions in WTI Crude and NatGas distorted without which the overall exposure would have...
View ArticleCFTC: AUD long at record high - JPY short at five-year high
The weekly look at money managers' exposure in the eight IMM currency futures reveals some major changes during the week ending December 4. EUR short were halved, AUD long in new record and JPY short...
View ArticleCFTC: Sharp reduction in gold spec - WTI increase ahead of fall
Money managers and other large investors maintained an overall unchanged exposure during the week ending December 4. But gold speculators held their largest cleanout since March, while copper rose on...
View ArticleCFTC: JPY short, AUD and MXN longs all reach new records
Money managers sold dollars again during the week ending December 11. Seven IMM currencies were bought with only the JPY continuing to be sold against the Greenback. New records were seen in AUD and...
View ArticleCFTC: Bullish bets on energy cut by 14 percent
Money managers cut their net-long positions in commodities during the week ending December 11. Most hit were the energy sector as warm weather, fiscal cliff and overproduction eroded confidence. Copper...
View ArticleCFTC: EUR net-short at 16-month low
Hegde funds spent the last proper trading week ahead of Christmas scaling back their net-short EUR position which fell to a 16-month low. The gross short USD position rose by 50 percent due to this as...
View ArticleCFTC: Bullish bets on rising commodity prices at six-month low
Our Christmas delayed update from the CFTC covering the week ending December 18 shows the impact of the stalled US budget talks with hedge funds and other large investors scaling back their net-long...
View ArticleCFTC: EUR back to neutral; AUD and CAD sold
Money managers maintained an unchanged USD position during the week ending December 25. The EUR, CHF and GBP were bought at the expense of AUD and CAD. The EUR is now back to neutral as naked buying...
View ArticleCFTC: Selling of grains and metals continued in late December
Hedge Funds continued to scale back their net-long exposure to grains and metals futures during the week ending December 25. The net-long exposure across 24 commodities fell by 5.4 percent with gold,...
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