Speculators’ net long bets on USD rise -CFTC, Reuters
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Speculators’ net long bets on the U.S. dollar rose in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.
The value of the net long dollar position was $14.21 billion for the week ended Aug. 30, compared with a net long position of $13.79 billion last week.
U.S. dollar positioning was derived from net contracts of International Monetary Market speculators in the Japanese yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, and Canadian and Australian dollars.
Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)
30 Aug 2022 week Prior week
Long 54,513 56,734
Short 96,044 95,541
Net -41,531 -38,807
EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)
30 Aug 2022 week Prior week
Long 202,258 210,825
Short 249,934 254,934
Net -47,676 -44,109
POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)
30 Aug 2022 week Prior week
Long 58,477 58,783
Short 87,647 86,749
Net -29,170 -27,966
SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)
30 Aug 2022 week Prior week
Long 11,915 9,541
Short 14,177 11,946
Net -2,262 -2,405
CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)
30 Aug 2022 week Prior week
Long 58,704 53,617
Short 34,525 30,390
Net 24,179 23,227
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)
30 Aug 2022 week Prior week
Long 31,304 32,342
Short 88,697 92,370
Net -57,393 -60,028
MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)
30 Aug 2022 week Prior week
Long 103,623 103,056
Short 132,653 134,372
Net -29,030 -31,316
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)
30 Aug 2022 week Prior week
Long 16,407 16,789
Short 19,531 18,263
Net -3,124 -1,474
(Reporting by Saqib Iqbal Ahmed; editing by Jonathan Oatis)