By InvestMacro
Open Curiosity Power Ranges present the place present Open Futures Contracts are highest and lowest (increased curiosity can gasoline developments and setup for extra potential strikes & vice versa) for foreign money markets.
Listed here are the newest charts and statistics for the Dedication of Merchants (COT) knowledge printed by the Commodities Futures Buying and selling Fee (CFTC).
The newest COT knowledge is up to date via Tuesday February twenty fourth and reveals a fast view of how giant market members (for-profit speculators and business merchants) had been positioned within the futures markets. All foreign money positions are in direct relation to the US greenback the place, for instance, a guess for the euro is a guess that the euro will rise versus the greenback whereas a guess towards the euro will likely be a guess that the euro will decline versus the greenback.
Weekly Speculator Modifications led by Australian Greenback & New Zealand Greenback
The COT foreign money market speculator bets had been total decrease this week as simply 4 out of the eleven foreign money markets we cowl had increased positioning whereas the opposite seven markets had decrease speculator contracts.
Main the features for the foreign money markets was the Australian Greenback (6,713 contracts) with the New Zealand Greenback (5,446 contracts), the Brazilian Actual (2,012 contracts) and the Canadian Greenback (1,752 contracts) additionally seeing gaining weeks.
The currencies seeing declines in speculator bets on the week had been the EuroFX (-17,624 contracts), the British Pound (-14,668 contracts), the US Greenback Index (-2,117 contracts), the Japanese Yen (-1,416 contracts), the Mexican Peso (-1,242 contracts), Bitcoin (-466 contracts) and with the Swiss Franc (-305 contracts) additionally recording decrease bets on the week.
Speculators push Aussie Bets Increased, Euro & GBP Bets fall this week
Highlighting the foreign money speculator positioning for final week via Tuesday was the continued bullishness for speculators within the Australian greenback. The New Zealand greenback speculator bets continued to enhance regardless of being bearish whereas the Euro bets took a breather and the British pound speculator place went more and more bearish.
First off, the Australian greenback speculator place rose this week for a thirteenth consecutive week, with speculator positions including a complete of +136,820 web contracts over that point interval. This has taken the Australian greenback web place from a complete of -84,176 contracts on November twenty fifth to this week’s web place of 52,644 contracts. That is the perfect degree for the Australian greenback web place since October twenty fourth of 2017, a span of 435 weeks. The Australian greenback within the international trade market has continued to rally for the reason that starting of the yr and is up by virtually 6.50 p.c for the reason that begin of 2026. Because the AUD lows in February of final yr, the Australian greenback has risen by over 16 p.c towards the US greenback. The Aussie has been in a position to maintain above the key 0.7000 degree and closed out the week above the 0.7100 trade charge. The AUD has been having its highest weekly closes on the highest ranges since early 2023.
The New Zealand greenback speculator place has been enhancing steadily, with weekly speculator bets enhancing in six out of the final eleven weeks for an eleven-week acquire of 27,214 web contracts. These features date again to December ninth when the web place totaled -56,781 web contracts, which was the all-time low or most bearish degree in historical past for the NZD speculator positions. Since then, the bets have been enhancing and this week reached a -29,567 web contract degree, the perfect degree or least bearish standing of the previous twenty weeks. Within the spot worth market, the NZD has been up in six out of the previous seven weeks and is presently buying and selling proper across the main psychological degree of 0.6000 threshold, which additionally coincides with the 2 hundred weekly shifting common.
Euro speculator bets took a breather this week and fell for a second consecutive week. The Euro speculator positions have been blended during the last ten weeks, with 5 weeks of falling speculator bets and 5 weeks of gaining speculator bets. Though the web change during the last ten weeks has been roughly a +12,000 web contracts. Total, the speculator positioning for the Euro stays extremely bullish with this week’s web place over +156,000 contracts. This marks the thirteenth consecutive week that the web place has been over +100,000 web contracts, and that is the thirty third out of the final 37 weeks that the web place has been over +100,000 web contracts. Within the foreign exchange markets, the Euro closed over the 1.1820 degree this week after seeing a small weekly acquire. Continued overhead and main resistance resides at 1.2000, whereas there’s assist on the 1.1750 degree, in addition to the 1.1600 degree beneath.
The British pound sterling noticed its third week of sturdy bearish positioning and has now dropped by over -43,000 web contracts up to now three weeks. Beforehand, the British pound sterling had seen ten straight weeks of features, so these final three weeks have cooled off that streak of bets. This week’s web place of unfavourable -57,072 web contracts is essentially the most bearish degree of the previous eleven weeks. Total, the British pound sterling has been in bearish territory for 31 consecutive weeks courting again to July 2025. Within the international trade markets, the British pound sterling closed out the week on the 1.3480 degree and has fallen for 3 out of the previous 4 weeks. At present, the bulls and the bears are battling it out across the 1.3500 space to see if this foreign money is gonna proceed increased or take a breather and retreat decrease. Because the starting of 2025, the British pound has been up by roughly 11 p.c towards the US greenback in that timeframe.
The US greenback index bets dipped this week following 4 consecutive weeks of features that had introduced the US greenback index web place right into a small bullish degree final week. Final week’s pop up into the bullish degree was the primary time since June 2025 that the US greenback index had seen a bullish web contract place, a span of 36 weeks. This week’s greenback index speculator place dipped by over -2,100 contracts, bringing the general web positioning to -1,789 web contracts. Basically, it is a impartial place for speculator contracts and reveals there is no such thing as a dominant development in the place the speculators are leaning, with uncertainty as as to if we go up or down from right here. Within the Foreign exchange markets, the USD index had a small dip this week in worth and is settling in and consolidating across the 97.50 trade charge. The USD index has overhead resistance on the 98.00 degree, whereas there’s additionally sturdy assist beneath as costs have bounced off the 96.50 degree no less than thrice since June and have been unable to carry beneath that degree for any period of time.
Brazilian Actual leads Foreign money Market Value Efficiency
This week’s five-day worth efficiency was led by the Brazilian actual, which rose by over one p.c with a 1.03 p.c acquire on the week. The Swiss franc got here in second with a 0.91 p.c enhance, adopted by the Australian greenback, which rose by 0.50 p.c on the week.
The New Zealand greenback was increased by 0.40 p.c, adopted by the Canadian greenback, which noticed an uptick by 0.35 p.c. The Euro was marginally increased at 0.32 p.c.
On the draw back, Bitcoin noticed a -3.02 p.c shortfall on the week. The Mexican peso was down by -0.62 p.c, adopted by the Japanese yen with an identical -0.61 p.c decline. The US greenback index was decrease by -0.11 p.c, and the British pound was just about unchanged with a small edge decrease by -0.02 p.c.
Over the previous thirty days, the Australian greenback has been the standout performer with a 6.49 p.c acquire over that interval. The Brazilian actual has been up by 4.87 p.c whereas the Swiss franc has been increased by 4.55 p.c and the New Zealand greenback has additionally floated increased by 4.29 p.c within the 30-day timeframe.
Currencies Information:
Legend: Open Curiosity | Speculators Present Internet Place | Weekly Specs Change | Specs Power Rating in comparison with final 3-Years (0-100 vary)
Power Scores led by Canadian Greenback & Australian Greenback
COT Power Scores (a normalized measure of Speculator positions over a 3-Yr vary, from 0 to 100 the place above 80 is Excessive-Bullish and beneath 20 is Excessive-Bearish, a 50 rating is correct down the center of the previous 3-Years) confirmed that the Canadian Greenback (100%) and the Australian Greenback (100%) lead the foreign money markets this week. The EuroFX (88 p.c), Bitcoin (78 p.c) and the Mexican Peso (67 p.c) are available in as the subsequent highest within the weekly energy scores.
On the draw back, the British Pound (15 p.c) and the Swiss Franc (17 p.c) are available in on the lowest energy ranges presently and are each in Excessive-Bearish territory (beneath 20 p.c). The subsequent lowest energy scores are the New Zealand Greenback (31 p.c) and the US Greenback Index (39 p.c).
3-Yr Power Statistics:
US Greenback Index (39.3 p.c) vs US Greenback Index earlier week (45.0 p.c)
EuroFX (88.5 p.c) vs EuroFX earlier week (95.2 p.c)
British Pound Sterling (15.4 p.c) vs British Pound Sterling earlier week (21.6 p.c)
Japanese Yen (53.9 p.c) vs Japanese Yen earlier week (54.3 p.c)
Swiss Franc (17.4 p.c) vs Swiss Franc earlier week (18.1 p.c)
Canadian Greenback (100.0 p.c) vs Canadian Greenback earlier week (99.2 p.c)
Australian Greenback (100.0 p.c) vs Australian Greenback earlier week (95.8 p.c)
New Zealand Greenback (31.1 p.c) vs New Zealand Greenback earlier week (24.9 p.c)
Mexican Peso (66.8 p.c) vs Mexican Peso earlier week (67.5 p.c)
Brazilian Actual (66.6 p.c) vs Brazilian Actual earlier week (63.0 p.c)
Bitcoin (77.5 p.c) vs Bitcoin earlier week (87.4 p.c)
Australian Greenback & Canadian Greenback high the 6-Week Power Traits
COT Power Rating Traits (or transfer index, calculates the 6-week modifications in energy scores) confirmed that the Australian Greenback (45 p.c) and the Canadian Greenback (31 p.c) lead the previous six weeks developments for the currencies. Bitcoin (23 p.c), the New Zealand Greenback (22 p.c) and the Japanese Yen (16 p.c) are the subsequent highest constructive movers within the 3-Yr developments knowledge.
The British Pound (-14 p.c) leads the draw back development scores presently with the Mexican Peso (-12 p.c) following subsequent with a decrease development rating.
3-Yr Power Traits:
US Greenback Index (5.2 p.c) vs US Greenback Index earlier week (11.2 p.c)
EuroFX (9.2 p.c) vs EuroFX earlier week (4.4 p.c)
British Pound Sterling (-13.5 p.c) vs British Pound Sterling earlier week (-5.0 p.c)
Japanese Yen (15.6 p.c) vs Japanese Yen earlier week (1.1 p.c)
Swiss Franc (4.5 p.c) vs Swiss Franc earlier week (-1.2 p.c)
Canadian Greenback (31.2 p.c) vs Canadian Greenback earlier week (29.7 p.c)
Australian Greenback (44.6 p.c) vs Australian Greenback earlier week (40.5 p.c)
New Zealand Greenback (22.0 p.c) vs New Zealand Greenback earlier week (9.5 p.c)
Mexican Peso (-12.1 p.c) vs Mexican Peso earlier week (-14.7 p.c)
Brazilian Actual (13.7 p.c) vs Brazilian Actual earlier week (-7.6 p.c)
Bitcoin (23.4 p.c) vs Bitcoin earlier week (50.3 p.c)
Particular person COT Foreign exchange Markets:
US Greenback Index Futures:
The US Greenback Index giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of -1,789 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly discount of -2,117 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of 328 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bearish with a rating of 39.3 p.c. The commercials are Bullish with a rating of 63.6 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bearish with a rating of 25.1 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Downtrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Downtrend.
| US DOLLAR INDEX Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 50.7 | 31.7 | 8.1 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 57.5 | 21.9 | 11.1 |
| – Internet Place: | -1,789 | 2,582 | -793 |
| – Gross Longs: | 13,295 | 8,312 | 2,119 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 15,084 | 5,730 | 2,912 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 0.9 to 1 | 1.5 to 1 | 0.7 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 39.3 | 63.6 | 25.1 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bearish | Bullish | Bearish |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | 5.2 | -3.2 | -13.7 |
Euro Foreign money Futures:
The Euro Foreign money giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of 156,856 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly fall of -17,624 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of 174,480 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bullish-Excessive with a rating of 88.5 p.c. The commercials are Bearish-Excessive with a rating of 9.3 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bullish-Excessive with a rating of 88.6 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Uptrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Uptrend.
| EURO Foreign money Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 32.4 | 54.7 | 10.2 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 15.1 | 77.8 | 4.3 |
| – Internet Place: | 156,856 | -210,903 | 54,047 |
| – Gross Longs: | 294,873 | 498,044 | 93,336 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 138,017 | 708,947 | 39,289 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 2.1 to 1 | 0.7 to 1 | 2.4 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 88.5 | 9.3 | 88.6 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bullish-Excessive | Bearish-Excessive | Bullish-Excessive |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | 9.2 | -10.6 | 14.6 |
British Pound Sterling Futures:
The British Pound Sterling giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of -57,072 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly fall of -14,668 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of -42,404 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bearish-Excessive with a rating of 15.4 p.c. The commercials are Bullish-Excessive with a rating of 82.1 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bullish with a rating of 55.6 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Uptrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Uptrend.
| BRITISH POUND Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 27.3 | 55.2 | 11.9 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 50.5 | 32.4 | 11.5 |
| – Internet Place: | -57,072 | 56,176 | 896 |
| – Gross Longs: | 67,213 | 135,804 | 29,236 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 124,285 | 79,628 | 28,340 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 0.5 to 1 | 1.7 to 1 | 1.0 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 15.4 | 82.1 | 55.6 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bearish-Excessive | Bullish-Excessive | Bullish |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | -13.5 | 12.0 | 2.9 |
Japanese Yen Futures:
The Japanese Yen giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of 11,539 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly fall of -1,416 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of 12,955 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bullish with a rating of 53.9 p.c. The commercials are Bearish with a rating of 47.2 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bearish with a rating of 45.1 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Downtrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Downtrend.
| JAPANESE YEN Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 40.4 | 38.4 | 10.5 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 37.3 | 42.4 | 9.7 |
| – Internet Place: | 11,539 | -14,729 | 3,190 |
| – Gross Longs: | 149,364 | 141,918 | 38,952 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 137,825 | 156,647 | 35,762 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 1.1 to 1 | 0.9 to 1 | 1.1 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 53.9 | 47.2 | 45.1 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bullish | Bearish | Bearish |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | 15.6 | -15.3 | 9.9 |
Swiss Franc Futures:
The Swiss Franc giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of -41,186 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly discount of -305 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of -40,881 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bearish-Excessive with a rating of 17.4 p.c. The commercials are Bullish with a rating of 64.7 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bullish-Excessive with a rating of 83.8 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Robust Uptrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Robust Uptrend.
| SWISS FRANC Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 11.9 | 69.0 | 19.0 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 54.4 | 27.6 | 17.8 |
| – Internet Place: | -41,186 | 40,007 | 1,179 |
| – Gross Longs: | 11,525 | 66,778 | 18,411 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 52,711 | 26,771 | 17,232 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 0.2 to 1 | 2.5 to 1 | 1.1 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 17.4 | 64.7 | 83.8 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bearish-Excessive | Bullish | Bullish-Excessive |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | 4.5 | -11.7 | 21.0 |
Canadian Greenback Futures:
The Canadian Greenback giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of 27,578 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly raise of 1,752 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of 25,826 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bullish-Excessive with a rating of 100.0 p.c. The commercials are Bearish-Excessive with a rating of 0.0 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bullish with a rating of 52.8 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Uptrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Uptrend.
| CANADIAN DOLLAR Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 41.7 | 42.3 | 13.6 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 29.3 | 55.9 | 12.4 |
| – Internet Place: | 27,578 | -30,260 | 2,682 |
| – Gross Longs: | 92,812 | 94,074 | 30,230 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 65,234 | 124,334 | 27,548 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 1.4 to 1 | 0.8 to 1 | 1.1 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 100.0 | 0.0 | 52.8 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bullish-Excessive | Bearish-Excessive | Bullish |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | 31.2 | -32.5 | 17.4 |
Australian Greenback Futures:
The Australian Greenback giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of 52,644 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly enhance of 6,713 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of 45,931 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bullish-Excessive with a rating of 100.0 p.c. The commercials are Bearish-Excessive with a rating of 0.0 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bullish-Excessive with a rating of 92.7 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Robust Uptrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Robust Uptrend.
| AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 48.9 | 30.3 | 17.1 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 27.8 | 61.4 | 7.2 |
| – Internet Place: | 52,644 | -77,313 | 24,669 |
| – Gross Longs: | 121,661 | 75,380 | 42,604 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 69,017 | 152,693 | 17,935 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 1.8 to 1 | 0.5 to 1 | 2.4 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 100.0 | 0.0 | 92.7 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bullish-Excessive | Bearish-Excessive | Bullish-Excessive |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | 44.6 | -37.8 | 4.7 |
New Zealand Greenback Futures:
The New Zealand Greenback giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of -29,567 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly enhance of 5,446 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of -35,013 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bearish with a rating of 31.1 p.c. The commercials are Bullish with a rating of 65.2 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bullish with a rating of 77.2 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Robust Uptrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Robust Uptrend.
| NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 19.4 | 70.2 | 7.0 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 60.7 | 31.6 | 4.3 |
| – Internet Place: | -29,567 | 27,657 | 1,910 |
| – Gross Longs: | 13,839 | 50,226 | 5,009 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 43,406 | 22,569 | 3,099 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 0.3 to 1 | 2.2 to 1 | 1.6 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 31.1 | 65.2 | 77.2 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bearish | Bullish | Bullish |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | 22.0 | -24.4 | 31.5 |
Mexican Peso Futures:
The Mexican Peso giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of 82,880 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly reducing of -1,242 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of 84,122 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bullish with a rating of 66.8 p.c. The commercials are Bearish with a rating of 33.8 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bearish with a rating of 46.3 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Uptrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Uptrend.
| MEXICAN PESO Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 55.9 | 37.7 | 3.1 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 19.1 | 76.3 | 1.3 |
| – Internet Place: | 82,880 | -87,127 | 4,247 |
| – Gross Longs: | 126,009 | 85,018 | 7,071 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 43,129 | 172,145 | 2,824 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 2.9 to 1 | 0.5 to 1 | 2.5 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 66.8 | 33.8 | 46.3 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bullish | Bearish | Bearish |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | -12.1 | 12.4 | -2.1 |
Brazilian Actual Futures:
The Brazilian Actual giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of 36,674 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly rise of two,012 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of 31,643 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bullish with a rating of 66.6 p.c. The commercials are Bearish with a rating of 31.7 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bearish with a rating of 47.5 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Robust Uptrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Robust Uptrend.
| BRAZIL REAL Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 53.5 | 38.4 | 4.3 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 26.0 | 69.4 | 0.8 |
| – Internet Place: | 36,674 | -41,394 | 4,720 |
| – Gross Longs: | 71,431 | 51,277 | 5,780 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 34,757 | 92,671 | 1,060 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 2.1 to 1 | 0.6 to 1 | 5.5 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 66.6 | 31.7 | 47.5 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bullish | Bearish | Bearish |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | 13.7 | -14.6 | 9.0 |
Bitcoin Futures:
The Bitcoin giant speculator standing this week got here in at a web place of 1,172 contracts within the knowledge reported via Tuesday. This was a weekly discount of -466 contracts from the earlier week which had a complete of 1,638 web contracts.
This week’s present energy rating (the dealer positioning vary over the previous three years, measured from 0 to 100) reveals the speculators are presently Bullish with a rating of 77.5 p.c. The commercials are Bearish with a rating of 31.7 p.c and the small merchants (not proven in chart) are Bearish with a rating of 34.6 p.c.
Value Pattern-Following Mannequin: Robust Downtrend
Our weekly trend-following mannequin classifies the present market worth place as: Robust Downtrend.
| BITCOIN Statistics | SPECULATORS | COMMERCIALS | SMALL TRADERS |
| – % of Open Curiosity Longs: | 71.6 | 2.1 | 5.1 |
| – % of Open Curiosity Shorts: | 66.5 | 7.0 | 5.3 |
| – Internet Place: | 1,172 | -1,120 | -52 |
| – Gross Longs: | 16,410 | 485 | 1,162 |
| – Gross Shorts: | 15,238 | 1,605 | 1,214 |
| – Lengthy to Brief Ratio: | 1.1 to 1 | 0.3 to 1 | 1.0 to 1 |
| NET POSITION TREND: | |||
| – Power Index Rating (3 Yr Vary Pct): | 77.5 | 31.7 | 34.6 |
| – Power Index Studying (3 Yr Vary): | Bullish | Bearish | Bearish |
| NET POSITION MOVEMENT INDEX: | |||
| – 6-Week Change in Power Index: | 23.4 | -22.0 | -6.1 |
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