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GILTS: Fresh Shorts Added Again In Futures On Thursday

GILTS

OI data points to ~4K of fresh net shorts being added in gilt futures on Thursday, extending the run of lower closes and upticks in OI seen through early ’25.

  • That mix has been seen during each trading session of the year-to-date, with OI rising by ~30K since the turn of year.
  • This suggests that net shorts set since the turn of the year account for ~3.2% of current OI.
  • Yesterday’s fresh cycle low represented a 754-tick fall from the contract’s early December high.
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OI data points to ~4K of fresh net shorts being added in gilt futures on Thursday, extending the run of lower closes and upticks in OI seen through early ’25.

  • That mix has been seen during each trading session of the year-to-date, with OI rising by ~30K since the turn of year.
  • This suggests that net shorts set since the turn of the year account for ~3.2% of current OI.
  • Yesterday’s fresh cycle low represented a 754-tick fall from the contract’s early December high.