{"id":37969,"date":"2013-11-03T09:32:01","date_gmt":"2013-11-03T14:32:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=37969"},"modified":"2013-11-03T09:29:45","modified_gmt":"2013-11-03T14:29:45","slug":"us-10-year-treasury-speculators","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/fx\/2013\/11\/03\/us-10-year-treasury-speculators\/","title":{"rendered":"US 10-Year Treasury Speculators added to bearish positions on Oct 22nd"},"content":{"rendered":"

By CountingPips.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

10 Year Treasuries:\u00a0<\/strong>Large trader and futures market speculators added to their overall bearish positions for a third straight week on October 22nd in the 10-year treasury note futures. The 10-year treasury non-commercial contracts totaled a net position of -142,550 contracts in the data reported for October 22nd, according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This was a change of -42,762 contracts from the previous week\u2019s total of -99,788 net contracts that was registered on October 15th.<\/p>\n

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In the same time-frame, the yield on the 10 Year treasury note declined from 2.75 on Tuesday October 15th to 2.54 on Tuesday October 22nd, according to US Treasury data.<\/p>\n

*The COT data was not published by the CFTC for close to a month due to the partial government shutdown and the latest data is up to October 22nd.<\/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
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
10\/01\/2013<\/td>\n-28536<\/td>\n60571<\/td>\n2.66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/08\/2013<\/td>\n-87571<\/td>\n-59035<\/td>\n2.66<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/15\/2013<\/td>\n-99788<\/td>\n-12217<\/td>\n2.75<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
10\/22\/2013<\/td>\n-142550<\/td>\n-42762<\/td>\n2.54<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n
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*COT Report: The weekly commitment of traders report summarizes the total trader positions for open contracts in the futures trading 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: (http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/ExplanatoryNotes\/index.htm).<\/p>\n

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Article by CountingPips.com<\/strong> \u2013 Forex Trading News & Analysis<\/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 added to their overall bearish positions for a third straight week on October 22nd in the 10-year treasury note futures. The 10-year treasury non-commercial contracts totaled a net position of -142,550 contracts in the data reported for October 22nd, according … <\/p>\n

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