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Russian Ruble Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large currency speculators lifted their bullish net positions in the Russian Ruble futures markets last 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 24,612 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday September 24th. This was a weekly change of 1,061 net contracts from the previous week which had a total of 23,551 net contracts.
The week’s net position was the result of the gross bullish position (longs) growing by 2,366 contracts (to a weekly total of 36,064 contracts) while the gross bearish position (shorts) rose by a lesser amount of 1,305 contracts for the week (to a total of 11,452 contracts).
Russian ruble speculators raised their bullish positions following a down week the week prior. The bullish bets have now gained in five out of the last six weeks and remain above the +20,000 net contract level for a twenty-ninth consecutive week.
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Overall, the ruble speculative positions have been in a bullish position for fifty-one straight weeks dating back to October 9th of 2018.
Russian Ruble Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -25,104 contracts on the week. This was a weekly decrease of -928 contracts from the total net of -24,176 contracts reported the previous week.
Russian Ruble Futures:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the Russian Ruble Futures (Front Month) closed at approximately $0.0154 which was a gain of $0.0001 from the previous close of $0.0153, 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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