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.