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USD Sold Heavily Per CFTC Update

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In the week to 21 of Nov (last Tuesday) we saw a decent shift against the USD according to CFTC positioning data released on Monday during US trade.

  • Net EUR longs rose +20.7k to 126.6k. This is back to early Sep levels from a positioning standpoint. It was also the biggest weekly change since mid-July in terms of net longs.
  • GBP was also bought, +1.6k, along with CHF (+1.2k). Yen shorts were also cut back, +24.8k to -105k.
  • Interestingly, AUD shorts were added to -7k, taking net positioning to -78k. CAD shorts were reduced though by nearly 5k.
  • In the EM space, MXN longs were added to +15.5k.

Fig 1: EUR/USD Versus Net EUR CFTC Positioning (Non-Commercial)


Source: MNI - Market News/CFTC/Bloomberg

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