Forex futures market speculative positioning data from the CFTC Commitments of Traders report as of the close on Tuesday September 30, 2014:

  • EUR net short 137K vs short 142K prior
  • JPY net short 121K vs 105K short prior
  • GBP net long 3.5K vs short 1K prior
  • AUD net short 2K vs long 8K prior
  • CAD net short 3K vs long 3K prior
  • CHF net short 12.5K vs short 14K prior
  • NZD flat vs long 2K prior
  • Full report
JPY net position

JPY net position

Some dollar longs are building but I don’t know how anyone could say the trade is even close to “crowded” yet.