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10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large bond speculators lifted their 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 153,597 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday October 24th. This was a weekly boost of 47,306 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 106,291 net contracts.
Speculative positions rebounded after four down weeks that had seen net positions drop by a total of -163,829 contracts over that time-frame. Net positions remain under the +200,000 contract level for a third consecutive week.
10-Year Note Commercial Positions:
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The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of 85,298 contracts on the week. This was a weekly decline of -19,248 contracts from the total net of 104,546 contracts reported the previous week.
IEF ETF:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) closed at approximately $105.82 which was a shortfall of $-0.82 from the previous close of $106.64, 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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