CFTC Commitments of Traders highlights for the week ending May 15, 2018

  • EUR long 115K vs 120K long last week.. Longs trimmed by 5K
  • GBP long 6K vs 9K long last week. Longs trimmed by 3K.
  • JPY long 4K vs -5K short last week. Longs increased by 9K turning the net speculative position to long from short
  • CHF short 36K vs 32K short last week. Shorts increased by 4K.
  • CAD short 24K vs 24K short last week. Unchanged from last week.
  • AUD short 23k vs 17K short last week. Shorts increased by 6K.
  • NZD long 2K vs 13K long last week. Longs trimmed by 11K.

Highlights:

  • EUR long position remains elevated. Meanwhile the EURUSD trades at the lowest level of 2018.
  • GBP position moves closer to square
  • JPY turns position to net long, but position is close to square
  • AUD shorts increased. Currency remains near lows.