Forex futures market speculator positions data from the CFTC Commitments of Traders report as of the close on January 19, 2016

  • EUR short 137K vs 146K short prior week
  • GBP short 39K vs. 31K short prior week.
  • JPY long 38K vs. 25K long prior week
  • CAD short 66K vs. 59K short prior week
  • CHF long 1K vs. 3K long prior week
  • AUD short 36K vs. 23K short prior week
  • NZD short 3K vs 2K long prior week

The overall net US dollar long position is the lowest since October. I have a feeling that will be cut down further ahead of Wednesday's FOMC meeting. Yen net longs rose to the hi