{"id":37069,"date":"2013-09-28T14:59:04","date_gmt":"2013-09-28T18:59:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=37069"},"modified":"2013-09-28T14:59:04","modified_gmt":"2013-09-28T18:59:04","slug":"us-10-year-treasury-speculators-trimmed-bearish-positions-last-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2013\/09\/28\/us-10-year-treasury-speculators-trimmed-bearish-positions-last-week\/","title":{"rendered":"US 10-Year Treasury Speculators trimmed bearish positions last week, Yield declines"},"content":{"rendered":"

By CountingPips.com<\/p>\n

Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Report<\/strong><\/p>\n

10 Year Treasuries:\u00a0<\/strong>Large trader and futures market speculators decreased their overall bearish positions last week in the 10-year treasury notes after adding to bearish positions the previous week. The 10-year treasury non-commercial contracts totaled a net position of -89,107 contracts in the data reported for September 24th. This was a change of +36,919 contracts from the previous week\u2019s total of -126,026 net contracts that was registered on September 17th.<\/p>\n

In the same time-frame, the yield on the 10 Year treasury note declined from 2.86 on Tuesday September 17th to 2.67 on Tuesday September 24th, according to US Treasury data.<\/p>\n

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Last 6<\/strong> Weeks of Large Trader Positions<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/colgroup>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Date<\/td>\nNet\u00a0Large\u00a0Specs<\/td>\nWeekly\u00a0Change<\/td>\n10\u00a0Year\u00a0Yield<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
08\/20\/2013<\/td>\n-24840<\/td>\n41592<\/td>\n2.82<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
08\/27\/2013<\/td>\n-110825<\/td>\n-85985<\/td>\n2.72<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09\/03\/2013<\/td>\n-103094<\/td>\n7731<\/td>\n2.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09\/10\/2013<\/td>\n-85324<\/td>\n17770<\/td>\n2.96<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09\/17\/2013<\/td>\n-126026<\/td>\n-40702<\/td>\n2.86<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
09\/24\/2013<\/td>\n-89107<\/td>\n36919<\/td>\n2.67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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*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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Article by CountingPips.com<\/strong> \u2013 Currency Trading News<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

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By CountingPips.com Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Report 10 Year Treasuries:\u00a0Large trader and futures market speculators decreased their overall bearish positions last week in the 10-year treasury notes after adding to bearish positions the previous week. The 10-year treasury non-commercial contracts totaled a net position of -89,107 contracts in the data reported for September 24th. This … <\/p>\n

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