Forex futures net speculative positions as of the close of business on Tuesday September 12, 2017:
- EUR long 86K vs 96K long last week.
- GBP short 46K vs 54K short last week.
- JPY short 57K vs 73K short last week.
- CHF short 2K vs 2K short last week.
- CAD long 50K vs 54K long.
- AUD long 63k vs 65k last week.
- NZD long 12K vs 15K long last week.
- Last week's data
Last week, euro longs were the most-extreme since May 2011 so 10,000 contracts closing out doesn't change much but in the bigger picture, the story is less-bearishness on the US dollar. That corresponds with the most in markets this week after Irma and in anticipation of a tax plan.
