Forex Speculators Slightly Raised US Dollar Bearish Bets

US Dollar COT Large Speculators Sentiment Vs UUP ETF

net speculator positions slid to $-11.46 billion this week

The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, showed that large traders and currency speculators increased their bearish positions in the US dollar this week.

Non-commercial large futures traders, including hedge funds and large speculators, had an overall US dollar net position totaling $-11.46 billion as of Tuesday March 6th, according to the latest data from the CFTC and dollar amount calculations by Reuters. This was a weekly decline of $-0.17 billion from the $-11.29 billion total position that was registered the previous week, according to the Reuters calculation (totals of the US dollar contracts against the combined contracts of the , , , , and the ).

This week’s US dollar aggregate position dip was the second consecutive weekly decline. The aggregate level is now at the most bearish level since February 6th when the overall standing was $-12.93 billion.

Weekly Change In US Dollar Speculators Aggregate Positions

Weekly Speculator Contract Changes:

The currency speculator positions that rose against the US dollar this week were the Japanese yen (9,806 weekly change in contracts), Swiss franc (7,522 contracts) and the (1,021 contracts).

The currencies that saw declines this week were the euro (-5,005 weekly change in contracts), British pound sterling (-7,423 contracts),Canadian dollar (-2,655 contracts), Australian dollar (-6,439 contracts) and the (-9,212 contracts).

Table of Weekly Commercial Traders and Speculators Levels & Changes:

Table of Weekly Commercial Traders

Weekly Charts: Large Trader Weekly Positions vs Price

EuroFX:

Euro: COT Futures Large Traders v EUR/USD

British Pound Sterling:

Pound Sterling: COT Futures Large Traders v GBP/USD

Japanese Yen:

Japanese Yen: COT Futures Large Traders v JPY/USD

Swiss Franc:

Swiss Franc: COT Futures Large Traders v CHF/USD

Canadian Dollar:

Loonei: COT Futures Large Traders v CAD/USD

Australian Dollar:

Australian Dollar: COT Futures Large Traders v AUD/USD

New Zealand Dollar:

New Zealand Dollar: COT Futures Large Traders v NZD/USD

Mexican Peso:

Mexican Peso: COT Futures Large Traders v MXN/USD

*COT Report: The weekly commitment of traders report summarizes the total trader positions for open contracts in the futures trading markets. The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders/speculators). Find CFTC criteria here:

The Commitment of Traders report is published every Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and shows futures positions data that was reported as of the previous Tuesday (3 days behind).

Each currency contract is a quote for that currency directly against the U.S. dollar, a net short amount of contracts means that more speculators are betting that currency to fall against the dollar and a net long position expect that currency to rise versus the dollar.

(The charts overlay the forex closing price of each Tuesday when COT trader positions are reported for each corresponding spot currency pair.) See more information and explanation on the weekly COT report from the CFTC website.

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