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Weekly CFTC Net Speculator Report
10 Year Treasuries: Large trader and speculator positions for 10-year treasury notes in the futures markets decreased last week for a second straight week and to the most bearish position of 2013. 10-year treasury non-commercial contracts decreased to a total net position of -66,432 contracts in the data reported for August 13th. This is a decline of -46,336 contracts from the previous week’s total of -20,096 net contracts on August 6th. In the same time-frame, the yield on the 10 Year treasury note rose from 2.67 on Tuesday August 6th to 2.71 on Tuesday August 13th, according to US Treasury data.
Last 6 Weeks of Large Trader Positions
| Date | Net Large Specs | Weekly Change |
| 07/09/2013 | -47110 | -24193 |
| 07/16/2013 | 17735 | 64845 |
| 07/23/2013 | -32312 | -50047 |
| 07/30/2013 | 11903 | 44215 |
| 08/06/2013 | -20096 | -31999 |
| 08/13/2013 | -66432 | -46336 |
*COT explanation: The weekly cot report summarizes the total trader positions for open contracts in the futures trading 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).
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