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US TSYS: *** Commodity Futures Trading Commission/Commitment of Traders data for

the period ending July 10 details: large speculative accounts primarily scaled

back prior positions, with the exception of adding shorts in Eurodollar futures

and 5Y notes. In the short end, large specs pared net longs in Fed funds by

-4,832 to finish +128,538, and added to net shorts in Eurodollars for the second

consecutive week by -90,786 to -3,291,367. In notes, the group pared net shorts

in the 2-year note by +10,984 to finish -59, and added net shorts in the 5-year

note by -53,072 to -601,191 (mnearing record short of -630,199 set back on

5/8/18. In the 10-year note, the group pared prior record shorts -500,076 by

+60,928 to finish -439,148. In the long end, the group reversed the prior net

short in the 30-year Bond of -15,776 to +8,375 (+24,141 net), and pared net

shorts in the Ultra-bond by +3,405 to finish -190,794.