Speculators Heavy USD Buyers
CFTC Commitments of Traders (COT) Report 05 November 2013, published 08 October 2013, Technical Analysis. For the first time in nine weeks, spec long positions in the USD has increased.
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Currency Specs Big Buyers of the USD
CFTC Commitments of Traders (COT) Report 03 September, published 06 September 2013, Technical Analysis. For the past three weeks the currency specs had been reducing their USD longs.
The Week Gone By, The Week We’re In
The US unemployment rate dropped to 7.3% down 0.1%. To achieve this improvement, a record 516K of potential workers had to drop out of the work force in the latest month.
Speculators Massive USD Dollars
CFTC Commitments of Traders (COT) Report 18 June, published 21 June 2013, Technical Analysis. Speculators continued their massive selling of the USD, as they cover their shorts in the euro, pound, SF, the DI and the yen....
Speculators Buy More Dollars
CFTC Commitments of Traders (COT) Report 02 April, published 05 March 2013 – Technical Analysis. Speculators increased their aggregate net position in the USD to 338,399 contracts, up from 322 132 in the previous week. Almost all...
Ugly Betty, Take Your Pick: EUR v. USD
The recent economic news from the US (Non-Farm Payroll) has been encouraging even though the US unemployment rate was a tick higher at 7.9%. Since this report, the initial jobless claims have been trending lower.
Speculators Continue to Cover USD Short Position
CFTC Commitments of Traders (COT) Report, published 15 February 2013. There was about a 58K contract reduction in the combined net short position in the USD. The biggest reduction was in the Australian Dollar where the reduction...
USD Short Position Grows
CFTC Commitment of Traders (COT) Report, published 08 February 2013. There was a minor increase in the aggregate USD short position to 90,233 contracts from 79,353 contracts in the previous reporting period. There were a number of...
Will the European Summit Supply Solutions?
As they say “hindsight is always 20/20.” Last Friday’s rally in the euro was meant to be sold, but initiating a new position on a Friday can be intimidating. The trade late Friday can always be interesting.
Is the Yen Still a Sale?
Forex traders who correctly anticipated the yen was going to fall against other currencies have had a good month. At the beginning of January, the USD/JPY was trading just under 87¥ to the USD. By the end...