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Currency Speculators pile into US Dollar long bets as Euro, Aussie bets falter

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators increased their overall US dollar long positions last week for the second consecutive week as speculators added to their euro short positions to the highest level on record. Non-commercial futures traders, [...]

EUR/USD continues the downtrend, looking at 1.2700 next

The Euro continues to get sold off heavily again in today’s forex trading as Greece talks for a unity government collapsed today. Greece will now have to hold new elections and their is loud speculation of the Greeks leaving the euro currency. The EUR/USD fell to the lowest level since the middle of January and [...]

Currency Speculators add to US Dollar long positions. Australian dollar longs fall sharply

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators raised their overall US dollar long positions last week for the first time in four weeks as speculators increased their euro short positions to the highest level since February and Australian [...]

Currency Speculators cut US Dollar longs for 3rd week. Canadian Dollar positions surge higher

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators decreased their overall US dollar long positions last week for a third consecutive week while Canadian dollar positions showed the largest upward movement and reached their highest position in over a [...]

Currency Speculators cut US Dollar longs, turn bullish on British Pound positions for first time since August

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators decreased their overall US dollar long positions last week for a second consecutive week while British pound sterling positions turned positive for the first time since August. Non-commercial futures traders, including [...]

Forex: Currency Speculators trim US Dollar positions while Euro shorts rise. Japanese Yen, Aussie positions gain

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators decreased their overall US dollar long positions last week while euro positions declined for a second straight week to the lowest level in two months. Non-commercial futures traders, including hedge funds [...]

Forex: Currency Speculators raise US Dollar long positions. Euro, Pound, Aussie positions drop

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators added to their overall US dollar long positions last week to the highest level since last June while euro positions deteriorated to a net amount of over 100,000 short contracts. Non-commercial [...]

Forex: Currency Futures Speculators cut USD long positions. Canadian Loonie longs rise to highest level since May 2011

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators cut back on their overall US dollar long positions last week while Japanese yen positions rebounded after falling for six consecutive weeks and Canadian dollar long positions rose to their highest [...]

David Song of DailyFx shares his views on Currency themes, the EUR/USD & USD/JPY in Forex Interview

By CountingPips.com Today, I am pleased to share a forex interview and commentary on the latest major forex events and trends with currency strategist David Song from DailyFx.com. David is an active trader and studied macroeconomic policies under a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis while attending the Zicklin School of [...]

Forex: Currency Futures Speculators trim USD positions. Sharply raise shorts of Japanese Yen

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators decreased their overall US dollar long positions last week while Japanese yen positions fell sharply for a sixth consecutive week and declined to their lowest level in almost a year. Non-commercial [...]

EUR/CHF awakens from its sleep

By CountingPips The EUR/CHF came alive this morning and trades at its highest level in over month. This pair has been more or less dormant for the last month as the Swiss National Bank (SNB) has vowed to keep the pair above 1.20 to stem too much strength in the franc (hurting Swiss exports). The [...]

Forex: Currency Futures Speculators boost US Dollar holdings. Trim Euro, Pound and Yen contracts

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators increased their overall US dollar long positions last week while Japanese yen positions fell sharply for a fifth consecutive week and declined to their lowest level since April 2011. Non-commercial futures [...]

Forex: Currency Futures Speculators cut Japanese Yen position sharply last week

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators decreased their overall US dollar long positions last week while Japanese yen positions fell sharply for a fourth consecutive week and declined to their lowest level since May 2011. Non-commercial futures [...]

Currency Futures Speculators added to USD long positions last week. Yen bets drop for 3rd week

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators added to their overall US dollar long positions last week for a second consecutive week while Euro short positions dipped slightly. Non-commercial futures traders, including hedge funds and large speculators, increased [...]

Currency Analyst David Song comments on the Euro, USD, Yen and Oil in our Forex Interview

By Zac Storella, CountingPips.com Today, I am pleased to share a forex interview and commentary on the latest major forex events and trends with currency strategist David Song from DailyFx.com. David is an active trader and studied macroeconomic policies under a visiting scholar at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis while attending the Zicklin [...]

Currency Futures Speculators raised US Dollar long positions last week

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators added to their overall US dollar long positions last week for the first time in three weeks and Euro short positions increased after falling for two consecutive weeks. Non-commercial futures traders, [...]

Currency Futures: Forex Speculators cut Dollar Long Positions as Canadian Loonie positions turn long while Kiwi surges

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators decreased their US dollar long positions last week and Euro short positions improved for the second straight week off their record low level. Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large [...]

Currency Futures: Forex Speculators cut US Dollar bets. Aussie, Kiwi & Peso positions continue rise

By CountingPips.com The latest Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released on Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), showed that large futures speculators cut back on their US dollar long positions last week and Euro short positions improved for the first time in six weeks from their record low level. Non-commercial futures traders, usually [...]