By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Monday (due to last week’s holiday) by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators increased …
Currencies: Forex Speculators add to Dollar, Yen long positions as Euro, GBP, AUD bets fall
Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, increased their US dollar positions against the euro, British pound sterling, Australian dollar, New Zealand dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc, according to the CFTC COT data reported as of November 15th. Meanwhile, the Japanese yen and Mexican peso saw increased positions directly against the dollar for the week.
Currencies: Forex Speculators raise Dollar bullish bets. Yen positions fall after BOJ currency intervention last week
Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, increased their total US dollar long positions to $9.87 billion on October 25th from a total long position of $8.92 billion on October 25th, according to the CFTC COT data and calculations by Reuters which calculates the dollar positions against the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc.
Large Forex Speculators decrease US Dollar long positions as Japanese Yen bets rise
Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, diminished their total US dollar long positions to $8.92 billion on October 25th from a total long position of $14.86 billion on October 18th, according to the CFTC COT data and calculations by Reuters which calculates the dollar positions against the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc.
Forex: Currency Speculators add to bearish bets on Euro, increase Dollar longs
Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, slightly increased their total US dollar long positions to $14.86 billion on October 18th from a total long position of $14.24 billion on October 11th, according to the CFTC COT data and calculations by Reuters which calculates the dollar positions against the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc.
Forex: Currency Speculators add to bearish bets on Euro, increase Dollar longs
Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, slightly increased their total US dollar long positions to $14.86 billion on October 18th from a total long position of $14.24 billion on October 11th, according to the CFTC COT data and calculations by Reuters which calculates the dollar positions against the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc.
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Forex: Currency Speculators remained Dollar Bullish last week. Trimmed Euro, GBP shorts
The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators trimmed their euro and British pound sterling short positions but remained overall bullish in favor of the US dollar for a fifth straight week. Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, slightly increased their total US dollar long positions to $14.24 billion on October 11th from a total long position of $13.77 billion on October 4th, according to the CFTC COT data and calculations by Reuters which calculates the dollar positions against the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc.
Forex: Currency Speculators trim Dollar longs. Euro, Pound short positions rise
Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, decreased their total US dollar long positions to $13.77 billion on October 4th from a total long position of $14.38 billion on September 27th…
Forex: Currency Speculators add to bets in favor of US Dollar, decrease Yen longs
Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, decreased their long positions in the Swiss franc, Japanese yen, Australian dollar and the New Zealand dollar directly against the US dollar while increasing bearish bets for the euro, British pound sterling, Canadian dollar and the Mexican peso, according to data reported on September 27th by the CFTC.
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