Latest Commitment of Traders positions (FX) as at February 19th 2019

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (1st March) and cover positions up to Tuesday (19th February). COT report is not a complete presenter of entire market positions since the future market is relatively smaller compared to the Spot FX market. Nevertheless, it presents a crucial picture of how key participants are looking at future moves. Data delayed sue to U.S. govt. shutdown.

Key highlights:

Market participants are net short in all currencies against the dollar except the Mexican peso.

Short positions decreased:

• The short positions in the New Zealand dollar declined by 383 contracts to -0.7K contracts.
• The short positions in the Canadian dollar declined by 1,100 contracts to -36.4K contracts.

Short positions increased:

• The short positions in the Australian dollar rose by 2,573 contracts to -37.1K contracts.
• The short positions in the euro rose by 11,034 contracts to -74.9K contracts.
• The short positions in the Swiss franc rose by 2,670 contracts to -23.3K contracts.
• The short positions in the British pound sterling rose by 4,584 contracts to -47.5K contracts.
• The short positions in the Japanese yen rose by 6,719 contracts to -37.5K contracts.

Long position increased:

• The long positions in the Mexican Peso rose by 18,684 contracts to +95.1K contracts.

Position shifted from long to short:

• The net positions in the New Zealand dollar declined by 1,670 contracts, which pushed the net positions to -1.1K contracts.