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US Dollar Index Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large currency speculators continued to increase their bullish net positions in the US Dollar Index 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 US Dollar Index futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 18,226 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday June 26th. This was a weekly rise of 154 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 18,072 net contracts.
Speculators have now bet in favor of the US Dollar Index for ten straight weeks. The overall position has now gone from being in bearish territory on May 8th to a bullish position for a seventh straight week.
US Dollar Index Commercial Positions:
Free Reports:
The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -23,264 contracts on the week. This was a weekly decline of -156 contracts from the total net of -23,108 contracts reported the previous week.
UUP:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the UUP ETF, which tracks the price of US Dollar Index, closed at approximately $24.99 which was a fall of $-0.05 from the previous close of $25.04, 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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