Weekly positioning data from the CFTC Forex futures as of the close on July 19, 2016

  • EUR 100K short versus 88K short last week. shorts increase 12K.
  • GBP 74K short versus 60K short last week. Shorts increase by 14K.
  • JPY 39K long versus 48K Long last week. Longs fall by 9K.
  • CHF 4.7K long versus 6.7 K long last week. Longs fall by 2K
  • AUD 33K long versus 16K last week. Longs increase by 17K
  • NZD 2.2 long versus 1.0 K Long last week. Longs increase by 1.2K.

The EUR shorts have been increasing since reaching -21.8K short in the week of May 10, 2016.