Forex futures net speculative positions as of the close of business on Tuesday April 25, 2017

  • EUR short 21K vs 22K short last week. Shorts trimmed by 1K
  • GBP short 91K vs 99K short last week. Shorts trimmed by 8K
  • JPY short 27K vs 30K short last week. Shorts trimmed by 3K
  • CHF short 17K vs 14K short last week. Shorts increased by 3K
  • CAD short 43K vs 33K short. Shorts increased by 10K
  • AUD long 43K vs 43K long. Unchanged
  • NZD short 15K vs 15K short last week. Unchanged

Shorts in GBP came down by 8K in the current week to -91K. The record short in the currency reached -108K. So positions are less, but remain at the loftiest of the net speculative positions this week.

CAD short increased by 10K to 43 short (from 33k short last week). Although off the record short at around 75K, the trajectory is toward a shorter position. Perhaps they listened to Adam's views on the Cad this week (CLICK HERE).

The other currencies showed modest changes in the current week.