US dollar short bets rose to $11.57 billion from $10.88 against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to September 12 released on Friday September 15. US economic data were mixed as producer prices rose in August while retail sales declined 0.2%.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
September 12 2017 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
CAD | bullish | negative | 4147 | -188 |
AUD | bullish | negative | 5053 | -134 |
EUR | bullish | negative | 12869 | -1472 |
GBP | bearish | positive | -3826 | 484 |
CHF | bearish | neutral | -171 | 113 |
JPY | bearish | negative | -6503 | 1884 |
Total | 11569 |