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10-Year Note Speculators Sharply Cut Back On Bearish Net Positions
www.investing.com/analysis/10year-note-speculators-sharply-cut-back-on-their-bearish-net-positions-200525541https://www.investing.com/analysis/10year-note-speculators-sharply-cut-back-on-their-bearish-net-positions-200525541
10-Year Note Speculators Sharply Cut Back On Bearish Net Positions
By Zachary Storella | May 24, 2020 01:38AM ET 
10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large bond speculators reduced their bearish net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, 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 10-Year Note futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of -93,132 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday, May 19th. This was a weekly change of 58,355 net contracts from the previous week which had a total of -151,487 net contracts.
The week’s net position was the result of the gross bullish position (longs) gaining by 56,695 contracts (to a weekly total of 653,804 contracts) while the gross bearish position (shorts) fell by -1,660 contracts for the week (to a total of 746,936 contracts).
10-Year speculative bearish positions declined by the most in the past seven weeks this week. The bearish standing had risen in the past two weeks by a total of -102,063 contracts and climbed to the most bearish level in seven weeks before this week’s retreat by 58,355 contracts. Overall, the 10-Year standing has now continued to be in bearish territory for a total of 127 straight weeks, dating back to December 12th of 2017.
10-Year Note Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders' position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of 53,372 contracts on the week. This was a weekly fall of -43,895 contracts from the total net of 97,267 contracts reported the previous week.
10-Year Note Futures:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the 10-Year Note Futures (Front Month) closed at approximately $138.85 which was a shortfall of $-0.093 from the previous close of $138.95, according to unofficial market data.
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10-Year Note Speculators Sharply Cut Back On Bearish Net Positions
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