Based on the latest report by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) investors have modified their positioning on the Euro but maintained the same for the rest of the currencies. The latest report reveals speculators positioning during decision of the FED to reduce monthly bond purchases to $65 billion. The Euro against the US dollar returned to negative territory as we see at Net Long/Short Positions chart. The Euro and the GBP show a negative weekly change due to outflow of capital from Europe towards US. However, the GBP maintains the highest Long/Short ratio.
Let’s look at the weekly changes, the Japanese Yen continues the short covering for one more week, benefited by emerging market selloff, Net Short position now standing at $9.5 billion. Next the Euro exhibits the highest negative change in sentiment with a $4.7 billion weekly decline in Net positions. Additionally, there have been capital inflows to Australia and Switzerland.
To sum up traders moderated their net bearish sentiment on the Australian dollar, the the Canadian and the Japanese Yen. Speculators have reversed Net Long position to Net Short for the Euro, while British pound struggles to hold in net positive bias. Lastly the Swiss franc transformed to bullish sentiment from negative one.