10 Year Treasuries:\u00a0<\/strong>Large trader and futures market speculators decreased their overall bearish positions last week in the 10-year treasury notes for a second consecutive week. The 10-year treasury non-commercial contracts totaled a net position of -85,324 contracts in the data reported for September 10th. This was a change of +17,770 contracts from the previous week\u2019s total of -103,094 net contracts on September 3rd.<\/p>\n In the same time-frame, the yield on the 10 Year treasury note rose from 2.86 on Tuesday September 3rd to 2.96 on Tuesday September 10th, according to US Treasury data.<\/p>\n Last 6<\/strong> Weeks of Large Trader Positions<\/strong><\/p>\n *COT explanation: The weekly cot report summarizes the total trader positions for open contracts in the futures trading markets. The CFTC<\/a> 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).<\/p>\n
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\n Date<\/td>\n Net\u00a0Large\u00a0Specs<\/td>\n Weekly\u00a0Change<\/td>\n 10\u00a0Year\u00a0Yield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 08\/06\/2013<\/td>\n -20096<\/td>\n -31999<\/td>\n 2.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 08\/13\/2013<\/td>\n -66432<\/td>\n -46336<\/td>\n 2.71<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 08\/20\/2013<\/td>\n -24840<\/td>\n 41592<\/td>\n 2.82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 08\/27\/2013<\/td>\n -110825<\/td>\n -85985<\/td>\n 2.72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 09\/03\/2013<\/td>\n -103094<\/td>\n 7731<\/td>\n 2.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n \n 09\/10\/2013<\/td>\n -85324<\/td>\n 17770<\/td>\n 2.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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