Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Equities and Bonds) as at April 10th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (13th April) and cover positions up to Tuesday (10th April).   COT report is not a complete presenter of entire market positions; however, it represents a good chunk of institutional traders, to feel what’s going on in capital markets and how big traders are aligned.

Kindly note, in some cases, numbers are rounded to nearest decimal.

• 2 year U.S. Treasury:

Speculators reduced short positions last week and by 50,831 contracts that led to a net position of -81.8K contracts.

• 5 year U.S. Treasury:

5-year treasury short positions declined last week, and by 58,823 contracts that brought the net position to -520.5K contracts.

• 10 year U.S. Treasury:

Speculators reduced short positions last week. The short positions got decreased by 44,730 contracts to -330.6K contracts.

• S&P 500 (E-mini) –

Speculators reduced long positions for a second consecutive week. The net long positions got decreased by 2,987 contracts to +209.6K contracts.

• Russell 2000 –

Last week, the speculators reduced long positions for a second straight week and by 532 contracts to -0.5K contracts.

• MSCI Emerging Markets Mini-Index –

Long positions rose for a second consecutive week and by 2,677 contracts that pushed the net position to +177.7K contracts.

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