While the data is just out, its as of Tuesday (November 13), bear that in mind when reading

Focusing on leveraged funds positioning:

EUR

  • net short, fell by 9,708 contracts to 93,037

JPY

  • net short increased by 10,266 contracts to 69,863

GBP

  • from net short 9of 16K odd contracts) the previous week to now a net long 1,829

CHF

  • net short down 142 contracts to 5,948

CAD

  • net short, down 693 contracts to 9,206

AUD

  • net short reduced by 3,572 contracts to 22,534

NZD

  • net short down by 866 contracts to 17,410

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And, for asset manager positions:

EUR

  • Net long +9,171 contracts to 143,526 (i.e. net long increased by 9171 contracts)

JPY

  • net short +5,585 contracts to 21,795

GBP

  • net short +2,838 contracts to 45,390

CHF

  • net CHF short +702 contracts to 13,492

CAD

  • net CAD long -268 contracts to 8,705

AUD

  • net short -4,117 contracts to 33,596

NZD

  • net short -4,270 contracts to 3,247

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Hedge funds and specs cut long USD positions by 19K contracts to 281K

  • that's the largest bearish shift since March this year

For GBP, net short is the smallest in 3 weeks

For the kiwi, the net short is its smallest since June