Forex futures market speculator positions data from the CFTC commitment of traders report as of the close on January 26, 2016

  • EUR short 127K vs 137K short prior week
  • GBP short 47K vs. 39K short prior week.
  • JPY long 50K vs. 38K long prior week.
  • CAD short 67K vs. 66K short prior week.
  • CHF short 4K vs. 1K long prior week.
  • AUD short 33K vs. 36K short prior week.
  • NZD short 5K vs. 3K short prior week.

The EUR position was trimmed by 10K in the current week to 127K from 137K. The short position was as high as 183K during the week of Dec 1, 2015.

In other pairs:

  • GBP shorts increased by 8K
  • JPY longs increased by 12k. Tough one for those long during the BOJ cut
  • CAD shorts were little changed. Traders remain short the CAD
  • CHF switched from long a small amount to long (change of 5K)
  • AUD shorts were trimmed by 3K
  • NZD shorts increased by 2K but are small at 5K