Large Speculators net bearish positions fell to a total of just -5,806 contracts
U.S. 10-Year Treasuries: Large futures market speculators decreased their net bearish bets in the 10-year treasury note futures for the third straight week and to the lowest level in just about a year, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
The non-commercial futures contracts of the 10-year treasury notes, primarily traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of just -5,806 contracts in the data reported for July 29th. This was a change of +32,353 net contracts from the previous week’s total of -38,159 net contracts that was recorded on July 22nd.
For the week, long positions in 10 Year futures rose by 5,844 contracts while the short positions fell by 26,509 contracts to register an overall net change in of +32,353 contracts on the week. Non-commercial net positions are now at their least bearish level since July 30, 2013 when positions were bullish by +11,903 contracts.
Over the weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday July 22nd to Tuesday July 29th, the yield on the 10-Year treasury note edged lower from 2.48 percent to 2.47 percent, according to data from the United States Treasury Department.
Discliamer: The weekly commitment of traders report summarizes the total trader positions for open contracts in the futures trading markets. The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders/speculators).