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Markets Trimmed JPY Shorts Pre-Spot Rally

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  • Friday's CFTC report confirmed that markets had seen an improvement in the JPY net position ahead of the latest spot rally. Markets added ~14k contracts in the week ending March 5th, lifting the net position off the 52w low of net short 133k contracts. This marked a 5.1% improvement as a % of open interest.
  • GBP and AUD positions also edged higher, putting the GBP net long at the largest in a year, although the AUD position remains net short overall.
  • The most eye-catching positioning swing was seen in CAD - where a broadly neutral position flipped to net short of ~11% of open interest.
  • The MXN, NZD positioning Z-scores remain the highest among the currencies surveyed (+1.82, +1.76 respectively), and CHF, EUR the lowest (-1.66, -1.64 respectively).

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