{"id":71547,"date":"2015-04-25T12:28:56","date_gmt":"2015-04-25T16:28:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=71547"},"modified":"2015-04-25T12:31:03","modified_gmt":"2015-04-25T16:31:03","slug":"large-currency-speculators-cut-their-us-dollar-bullish-bets-for-a-3rd-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2015\/04\/large-currency-speculators-cut-their-us-dollar-bullish-bets-for-a-3rd-week\/","title":{"rendered":"Large Currency Speculators cut their US Dollar bullish bets for a 4th week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"REUTERS-SpecData\"<\/a>USD net speculator positions declined last week to +$37.87 billion<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, showed that large traders and currency speculators decreased their overall net bullish positions for the US dollar last week for a fourth week and to the lowest level since December.<\/span><\/p>\n

Non-commercial large futures traders, including hedge funds and large speculators, had an overall US dollar long position totaling $37.87 billion as of Tuesday April 21st, according to the latest data from the CFTC and dollar amount calculations by Reuters. This was a weekly change of -$1.81 billion from the $39.68 billion total long position that was registered on April 14th, according to the Reuters calculation 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 latest data leaves the US dollar speculative level at the lowest level since December 16th when net positions equaled $34.64 billion.<\/span><\/p>\n

Weekly changes for the major currencies showed that large speculators increased their bets in favor of the British pound sterling, New Zealand dollar, Japanese yen, Swiss franc, Canadian dollar and the Australian dollar while decreasing weekly bets for just the euro and the Mexican Peso.
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