Forex futures market speculative positions data from CFTC commitment of traders report as of the close on November 10

  • EUR shorts 143K vs short 134K previous
  • GBP shorts -16K vs flat last week (188 lots long)
  • JPY short 67K vs short 44k last week
  • CAD short 18K vs. short 19K last week
  • CHF short 9K vs short 7K last week
  • AUD short 53K vs short 39K last week
  • NZD long 6K vs long 7K last week

The biggest change was the JPY which saw shorts increase by 23K in the current week.

GBP which went from virtually flat (188 lots long last week) to short 16K in the current week - an increase of 16K short.

AUD shorts increased by 14K in the current week and the EUR saw shorts increase by 9K.