Forex futures market speculator positions from the CFTC commitment of traders report as of the close on February 9, 2016

  • EUR short 63K vs 87K short prior week
  • GBP short 36K vs 45k short prior week
  • JPY long 43K vs 37K long prior week
  • CAD short 52K vs 52K short prior week
  • CHF short 7K vs. 5K short prior week
  • AUD short 6K vs 26K short prior week
  • NZD short 9K vs 8k short prior week

EUR shorts were slashed 24K. Other big changes were in the AUD where the short was cut by 20K to near flat. GBP shorts were cut by 9K. JPY longs increased by 6K.

The report is from the close on Tuesday. It is the net position of speculative positions.