{"id":111306,"date":"2017-08-20T09:02:56","date_gmt":"2017-08-20T13:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=111306"},"modified":"2017-08-20T07:55:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-20T11:55:58","slug":"russian-ruble-speculators-added-to-bearish-net-positions-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/08\/russian-ruble-speculators-added-to-bearish-net-positions-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Ruble Speculators added to bearish net positions this week"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-4056959395\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">August 20, 2017<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By CountingPips.com<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.net\/forms\/subscribe-to-our-weekly-cot-report\/\"><strong>Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image-164.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111334\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-111334\" title=\"image-164-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image-164.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Russian Ruble Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Large speculators raised their bearish net positions in the Russian Ruble futures markets this week for a second straight week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial futures contracts of Russian Ruble futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of -6,804 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday August 15th. This was a weekly reduction of -1,006 contracts from the previous week which had a total of -5,798 net contracts.<\/p>\n<p>Ruble speculative positions have now been in bearish territory for eight straight weeks with this week&#8217;s standing being the most bearish level since turning over on June 27th.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Russian Ruble Commercial Positions:<\/strong><\/p><div id=\"inves-2086853806\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<p>The commercial traders position, categorized by the CFTC as hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of 6,608 contracts on the week. This was a weekly gain of 1,067 contracts from the total net of 5,541 contracts reported the previous week.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image-152.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-111318\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-111318\" title=\"image-152-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/image-152.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" \/><\/a><strong>RUBUSD:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the RUBUSD Currency Pair closed at approximately $0.0167 which was a gain of $0.001 from the previous close of $0.0166, according to unofficial market data.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>*COT Report:<\/strong> The COT data, released weekly to the public each Friday, is updated through the most recent Tuesday (data is 3 days old) and shows a quick view of how large speculators or non-commercials (for-profit traders) as well as the commercial traders (hedgers &amp; traders for business purposes) were positioned in the futures markets. The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders\/speculators). Find CFTC criteria here: (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/ExplanatoryNotes\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/ExplanatoryNotes\/index.htm<\/a>).<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Article by <strong>CountingPips.com<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.net\/forms\/subscribe-to-our-weekly-cot-report\/\">Weekly COT Report<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CountingPips.com &#8211; Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email Russian Ruble Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large speculators raised their bearish net positions in the Russian Ruble futures markets this week for a second straight week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday. 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