CFTC commitments of traders: Traders reverse speculative positions in GBP to a modest short.

CFTC commitments of traders data for the week ending September 29, 2020

  • EUR long 188K vs 191K long last week. Longs trimmed by 3K
  • GBP short 13K vs 3k long last week. Shorts increased by 16K
  • JPY long 25K vs 30K long last week. Longs trimmed by 5K
  • CHF long 13K vs 16K long last week. Longs trimmed by 3K
  • AUD long 9K vs 16K long last week. Longs trimmed by 7K
  • NZD long 3K vs 5K long last week. Longs trimmed by 2K
  • CAD short 19k vs 19K short last week. Unchanged
  • prior report

Highlights:

  • The GBP position swung around from being long to short with a that 16K change in position .
  • The EUR shorts remain the overwhelming largest speculative position at 188K.
  • The NZD is the smallest net speculative position at long 3K
  • The CAD and GBP are the only short positions (long USD positions).