US dollar net long bets fell to $30.14 billion from $32.49 billion against the major currencies in one week ending December 31, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released on Tuesday February 5, 2019. The dollar sentiment deteriorated as data showed Case-Shiller 20-city price index gain declined to 5% over-year in October from a revised 5.2% in September.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
December 31 2018 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
CAD | bearish | positive | -3714 | -428 |
AUD | bearish | positive | -1852 | 350 |
EUR | bearish | positive | -6682 | 1655 |
GBP | bearish | positive | -4534 | -45 |
CHF | bearish | positive | -3248 | -297 |
JPY | bearish | negative | -10105 | 1119 |
Total | -30135 |