Reuters: US Dollar Report: Speculators short the U.S. dollar -CFTC

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Speculators short the U.S. dollar -CFTC Oct 31st 2013, 10:28 Share this Email Print Reprints NEW YORK | Thu Oct 31, 2013 6:28am EDT NEW YORK Oct 31 (Reuters) - Currency speculators went short or bet against the U.S. dollar for a second straight week, according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission released on Wednesday and Reuters calculation. The value of the dollar's net short position was $1.24 billion in the week ended Oct. 15 compared with a net long position of $3.28 billion the previous week. The week of Oct. 8 was the first net short position since the week of February 12. The release of speculative trading data on Wednesday is the third since the government reopened and the CFTC attempts to clear the backlog. To be short a currency is to bet it will decline in value, while being long is a view its value will rise. The Reuters calculation for the aggregate U.S. dollar position is derived from net positions of International Monetary Market speculators in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, Canadian and Australian dollars. JAPANESE YEN (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen) 7,547,116,951.92 10/15/13 week 10/08/13 week Long 25,392 28,165 Short 84,658 85,262 Net -59,266 -57,097 EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros) -10,205,470,025.00 10/15/13 week 10/08/13 week Long 121,327 127,301 Short 60,953 58,618 Net 60,374 68,683 POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling) -1,222,794,225.00 10/15/13 week 10/08/13 week Long 60,100 58,681 Short 47,869 49,910 Net 12,231 8,771 SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs) -1,474,769,888.23 10/15/13 week 10/08/13 week Long 21,757 20,313 Short 10,990 9,898 Net 10,767 10,415 CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars) 1,041,911,552.17 10/15/13 week 10/08/13 week Long 28,436 33,857 Short 39,250 42,520 Net -10,814 -8,663 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars) 3,070,574,250.00 10/15/13 week 10/08/13 week Long 17,656 17,221 Short 49,893 43,625 Net -32,237 -26,404 MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos) -298,755,090.89 10/15/13 week 10/08/13 week Long 23,714 27,284 Short 15,953 16,351 Net 7,761 10,933 NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars) -1,060,818,320.00 10/15/13 week 10/08/13 week Long 19,379 18,343 Short 6,711 7,577 Net 12,668 10,766 Link this Share this Digg this Email Reprints

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