Archive for Commitments of Traders (COT)

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 [...]

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 [...]

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: 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 [...]

Currencies: Forex Futures Speculators sharply increased Japanese Yen longs. Euro sentiment at new low

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 long bets for the US dollar last week against the other major currencies despite Euro short positions rising to a new record level. Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge [...]

Currencies: Forex Futures Speculators push Euro shorts to new record level

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 long bets for the US dollar last week against the other major currencies while Euro short positions rose and ascended to a new record level as sentiment [...]

Currencies: Forex Speculators edge Dollar long positions higher. Japanese Yen positions fall for fourth 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 slightly raised their overall long bets for the US dollar last week against the other major currencies as of December 20th. Euro short positions against the US dollar improved slightly after [...]

Currencies: Forex Speculators increase Euro short bets. Boost Dollar long positions

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 boosted their long bets for the US dollar last week against the Euro while other major currencies saw slight improvements, according to the latest data which shows trader positions as of [...]

Currencies: Forex Speculators trim US Dollar long positions. Euro off lowest level since June 2010

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 trimmed their long bets of the US dollar last week, according to the latest data which shows trader positions as of December 6th. US dollar positions fell against the euro one [...]

Currencies: Forex Speculators bullish on Dollar last week. Sharply raise Euro bearish bets

Non-commercial futures traders, usually hedge funds and large speculators, increased their total US dollar long positions to $18.04 billion on November 29th from a total long position of $12.11 billion on November 22nd, 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.

Currencies: Forex Speculators boosted US Dollar positions. Euro, GBP, Peso contracts slid last week

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 their bullish bets in favor of the US dollar and raised their bearish positions for the euro to the highest level all year as the [...]

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 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.