CFTC Futures report: Bitcoin futures shorts nearly flat – GBP shorts take a spanking

The Commitment of Traders net speculative positions report from the CFTC as of Tuesday 30 October 2018

JPY -92k vs -93k prior
EUR -33k vs -30k prior
GBP -52k vs -47k prior
AUD -70k vs -70k prior
NZD -35k vs -33k prior
CAD -10k vs -7k prior
CHF -17k vs -17k prior
BTC -60 vs -127 prior
S&P 2813 vs 642 prior
US10 -502k vs -544k prior

USD longs had added a bit more vs most currencies as of Tuesday but those extra cable shorts took a slap on fresh Brexit news. Bitcoin shorts have slowly been decreasing and now there’s just net 60 shorts. S&P futures traders haven’t known which way to go in the stock market turmoil lately but they added to longs from last week.