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Russian Ruble Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large currency speculators advanced their net positions in the Russian Ruble 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 Russian Ruble futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 5,232 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday September 12th. This was a weekly increase of 4,746 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 486 net contracts.
Ruble speculative positions improved for a fourth week and are in bullish territory for a second consecutive week after a stay of ten straight weeks in bearish territory.
Russian Ruble 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 -5,733 contracts on the week. This was a weekly loss of -4,796 contracts from the total net of -937 contracts reported the previous week.
RUBUSD:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the RUBUSD Currency Pair closed at approximately $0.0173 which was a decrease of $0.0001 from the previous close of $0.0174, 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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