Speculators cut their net long U.S. dollar positions in the latest week, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.
The value of the net long dollar was $5.80 billion in the week ended Feb. 22, compared with a net long of $6.76 billion the previous week.
The Reuters calculation for the aggregate U.S. dollar position is derived from net positions in the yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc and Canadian and Australian dollars.
In a wider measure of dollar positioning that includes net contracts on the New Zealand dollar, Mexican peso, Brazilian real and Russian rouble, the U.S. dollar posted a net long position of $5.06 billion, the lowest since Aug. 20, compared with a net long of $6.17 billion a week earlier.
Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)
Net dollar long by $6.863 billion
22 Feb 2022 Prior week
week
Long 10,976 10,425
Short 74,163 76,587
Net -63,187 -66,162
EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)
Net dollar short by $-8.396 billion
22 Feb 2022 Prior week
week
Long 214,195 217,899
Short 154,889 170,318
Net 59,306 47,581
POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)
Net dollar long by $0.493 billion
22 Feb 2022 Prior week
week
Long 42,249 50,151
Short 48,058 47,914
Net -5,809 2,237
SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)
Net dollar long by $1.491 billion
22 Feb 2022 Prior week
week
Long 3,785 3,652
Short 14,772 13,367
Net -10,987 -9,715
CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)
Net dollar short by $-0.725 billion
22 Feb 2022 Prior week
week
Long 47,661 54,424
Short 38,408 42,254
Net 9,253 12,170
AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)
Net dollar long by $6.07 billion
22 Feb 2022 Prior week
week
Long 11,553 11,692
Short 95,633 98,386
Net -84,080 -86,694
MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)
Net dollar short by $0.415 billion
22 Feb 2022 Prior week
week
Long 72,846 59,485
Short 56,021 50,511
Net 16,825 8,974
NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars)
Net dollar long by $0.777 billion
22 Feb 2022 Prior week
week
Long 17,343 24,923
Short 28,894 34,256
Net -11,551 -9,333
(Reporting By Karen Brettell; editing by Jonathan Oatis and David Gregorio)
