10-Year Note Speculators continued to cut back on their bearish bets this week

November 3, 2018 – By CountingPips.com – Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email

10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:

Large bond speculators decreased their bearish net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.

The non-commercial futures contracts of 10-Year Note futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of -502,839 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday October 30th. This was a weekly lift of 41,194 contracts from the previous week which had a total of -544,033 net contracts.

The speculative bearish position has now declined for five straight weeks and by a total of 253,477 contracts over that period after recording an all-time high level of bearish bets (-756,316 contracts) on September 25th. The current standing is now at the lowest bearish level since July 17th when the net position totaled -469,138 contracts.

10-Year Note Commercial Positions:

The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of 584,835 contracts on the week. This was a weekly fall of -50,194 contracts from the total net of 635,029 contracts reported the previous week.

10-Year Note Futures:

Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the 10-Year Note Futures (Front Month) closed at approximately $118.54 which was a boost of $0.54 from the previous close of $118.00, according to unofficial market data.

*COT Report: The COT data, released weekly to the public each Friday, is updated through the most recent Tuesday (data is 3 days old) and shows a quick view of how large speculators or non-commercials (for-profit traders) as well as the commercial traders (hedgers & traders for business purposes) were positioned in the futures markets. The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders/speculators). Find CFTC criteria here: (http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/CommitmentsofTraders/ExplanatoryNotes/index.htm).

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