Weekly forex futures net non-commercial positioning data for the week ending May 7, 2019:

  • EUR short 106K vs 105K short last week. Unchanged
  • GBP short 7K vs 5K short last week. Shorts increased by 3K
  • JPY short 92K vs 100K short last week. Shorts increased by 6K
  • CHF short 40k vs 40k short last week. Shorts increased by 2K
  • AUD short 57k vs 59k short last week. Shorts increased by 9K
  • NZD short 13K vs 11K short last week. Shorts increased by 6K
  • CAD short 46K vs 47K short last week. Unchanged
  • Prior report

There were no big themes developing in the latest report. The US dollar remains a heavy favourite of specs and it's as crowded as ever. The net euro position is the most extreme since Dec 2016.

JPY net positioning