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10-Year Treasury Note Speculators decreased net bearish positions last week
By CountingPips.com
Weekly CFTC COT Net Speculator Report | 10 Year US Treasury Note
CFTC Futures data shows speculators cut their bearish bets as 10-year yield was virtually unchanged
10 Year Treasuries: Large 10-year treasury note futures traders and speculators reduced their overall bearish positions last week after bearish bets had risen higher the previous 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 the 10-year treasury notes, primarily traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of -111,903 contracts in the data reported for April 14th. This was a weekly change of +50,524 net contracts from the previous week’s total of -162,427 net contracts that was recorded on April 7th.
For the week, the overall standing long positions in 10-year futures increased by 48,148 contracts while the short positions fell by -2,376 contracts to register the overall net change of +50,524 contracts for the week.
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday April 7th to Tuesday April 14th, the yield on the 10-Year treasury note edged up from 1.89 percent to 1.90 percent, according to data from the United States Treasury Department.
Last 6 Weeks of Large Trader Non-Commercial Positions
| Date | Open Interest | Long Specs | Short Specs | Net Large Specs | Weekly Change | 10 Year Yield |
| 03/10/2015 | 2616675 | 376634 | 514891 | -138257 | 1217 | 2.14 |
| 03/17/2015 | 2629131 | 390684 | 498214 | -107530 | 30727 | 2.06 |
| 03/24/2015 | 2805417 | 350424 | 530231 | -179807 | -72277 | 1.88 |
| 03/31/2015 | 2767663 | 363542 | 477352 | -113810 | 65997 | 1.94 |
| 04/07/2015 | 2798512 | 329399 | 491826 | -162427 | -48617 | 1.89 |
| 04/14/2015 | 2813452 | 377547 | 489450 | -111903 | 50524 | 1.90 |
*COT Report: 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). Find CFTC criteria here: (http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/CommitmentsofTraders/ExplanatoryNotes/index.htm).
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Source: http://countingpips.com/2015/04/10-year-treasury-note-speculators-decreased-net-bearish-positions-last-week/
