Speculative positioning data from the weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders report, which is collected at the close on Tuesday.

  • EUR net short 84K vs 67K prior
  • JPY net short 30K vs 40K prior
  • GBP net long 8K vs 19K prior
  • AUD net long 68K vs 60K prior
  • CAD net long 66K vs 75K prior
  • NZD unchanged at net long 19K

I can tell you that there were 10,000 long USD/JPY contracts that someone regrets selling. Cable traders continue to be indecisive. Commodity currencies are vulnerable. And specs love to short the euro.