The Commitment of Traders net speculative positions report from the CFTC as of Tuesday 18 December 2018

  • JPY -103k vs -98k prior
  • EUR -53k vs -56k prior
  • GBP -60k vs -42k prior
  • AUD -35k vs -46k prior
  • NZD +3k vs -15k prior
  • CAD -7k vs -12k prior
  • CHF -23k vs -18k prior
  • BTC -352 vs -464 prior
  • S&P 4723 vs 4154 prior
  • US10 -281k vs -394k prior

Amid what looked like some position squaring ahead of the Fed and the Christmas holiday Monday and Tuesday, speculators, at least, piled into more USD longs. The only big changes is the swap around in NZD. Bitcoin shorts lightened up in the bounce but We still have never seen a net long in this contract. US bond shorts continue to bail from some record shorts.

 

Ryan Littlestone

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