{"id":51712,"date":"2014-05-25T16:47:45","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T20:47:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=51712"},"modified":"2014-05-25T16:47:45","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T20:47:45","slug":"forex-speculators-us-dollar-bets-edge-up-euro-bets-fall-to-lowest-level-since-feb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2014\/05\/forex-speculators-us-dollar-bets-edge-up-euro-bets-fall-to-lowest-level-since-feb\/","title":{"rendered":"Forex Speculators US Dollar bets edge up, Euro bets fall to lowest level since Feb"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The latest data for the weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, showed that large traders and speculators slightly added to their US dollar bullish bets last week and raised bets in favor of the dollar for a second week.<\/span><\/p>\n

Non-commercial large futures traders, including hedge funds and large International Monetary Market speculators, had an overall US dollar long position totaling $4.67 billion as of Tuesday May 20th, according to the latest data from the CFTC and calculations by Reuters. This was a weekly change of +$0.16 billion from the $4.51 billion total long position that was registered on May 13th, according to Reuters that totals the US dollar contracts against the combined contracts of the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc.<\/span><\/p>\n

The US dollar is on the net bullish side for a second straight week after spending four weeks in bearish territory. The aggregate USD position resides at the highest level since March 11th when total bullish contracts equaled +$10.56 billion. <\/span><\/p>\n

Overall for the week against the other major currencies, speculators bet in favor of the British pound sterling, Japanese yen, Australian dollar and the Mexican peso last week while there were weekly declines for the euro, Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and the New Zealand dollar.<\/span><\/p>\n

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