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10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large speculators boosted their bullish net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week to the highest level in four weeks, 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 273,969 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday June 13th. This was a weekly rise of 61,903 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 212,066 net contracts.
Speculative bets rebounded this week after falling by over -150,000 net contracts in the previous two weeks and are now at the highest level since May 23rd when net positions totaled +362,501 contracts.
10-Year Note Commercial Positions:
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The commercial traders position, categorized by the CFTC as hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -116,293 contracts on the week. This was a weekly decrease of -56,319 contracts from the total net of -59,974 contracts reported the previous week.
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) closed at approximately $107.28 which was a fall of $-0.45 from the previous close of $107.73, 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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