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

the period ending July 17 details: Except for scaling back Fed funds and

Eurodollar positions slightly, large speculative accounts primarily added to

existing positions over the last reporting period, making new record shorts in

5Y notes and Ultra-bonds. In the short end, large specs pared net longs in Fed

funds by -1,302 to finish +127,236, and pared net shorts in Eurodollars by

+3,702 to -3,287,665. In notes, the group added net shorts in the 2-year note by

-19,084 to finish -19,143, and added net shorts in the 5-year note by -97,764 to

new record short of -698,955 (blowing past prior record short of -630,199 set

back on 5/8/18). In the 10-year note, the group added to shorts by -29,990 to

finish -469,138. In the long end, the group added to net longs in the 30-year

Bond by +8,603 to +16,978, and added to net shorts in the Ultra-bond by -19,115

to new record short of -209,909.