Posts Tagged ‘Positioning’

IMM Positioning – EU/IMF Loan Offer To Greece Did Not Spook The EUR Bears

Non-commercial short EUR positions were in kept in place last week – only trimmed marginally – despite the EU/IMF loan offer made to Greece. Hence, while EUR/USD jumped higher on the Greek ‘bail-out’, there are no indications that speculative investors have revised their bearish EUR sentiment significantly; in fact, recent…

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IMM Positioning – Speculators Massively Long MXN

Speculative investors have increased bets that USD/MXN will dip lower, despite the already low level. In the past week speculators added almost 10K contracts to their short USD/MXN position that now amounts to 81% of open interest.

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IMM Positioning – Long CAD Positions Building

Speculative investors trimmed long USD positions in a week which saw the narrow dollar index dipping back below the 80 level. The EUR remained under pressure and speculative short positions were added after EUR/USD reached a new year low of 1.3436 on 2 March.

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IMM Positioning – Speculative Investors Turn Net Long The Dollar

Coinciding with the past week’s strong dollar performance, non-commercial investors have once again turned net long the dollar. Long dollar positions against the euro were built further to reach 21 percent of open interest – not far from the level of short EUR positions in place at the height of…

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IMM Positioning – Speculative Investors Reduce EUR Shorts, Turn Long CHF

Positive dollar momentum has faded going into the new year – following a strong rebound in December – and the dollar index has edged gradually lower. This has coincided with a reduction in long dollar positions and non-commercial investors have once again turned net short the dollar – but aggregate…

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IMM Positioning – Long Dollar Positions Remained In Place Going Into 2010

First positioning data of the new year shows that non-commercial investors have reduced long dollar positions slightly – though remaining marginal net long overall. A clear divergence can be seen among the G10 currencies, however. Net long dollar positions remain in place against the EUR, JPY, CHF and JPY –…

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IMM Positioning – Position-Squaring Benefits The Dollar

Short dollar positions have been unwound at an impressive pace ahead of year-end. From being very short the dollar only a few weeks ago, speculative investors are now close to being square – and have even turned net long the dollar against the euro.

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