US dollar net long bets rose to $17.80 billion from $17.34 billion against the major currencies during the one week period, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to October 1 and released on Friday October 4. The ICE US Dollar index USDX rose despite weak Institute for Supply Management report: ISM data showed the manufacturing index slipped from 49.1 to 47.8 for September, with readings below 50 indicating contraction.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
October 01 2019 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
CAD | bullish | negative | 479 | 132 |
AUD | bearish | negative | -3505 | -299 |
EUR | bearish | negative | -9014 | -652 |
GBP | bearish | negative | -5921 | 386 |
CHF | bearish | negative | -1452 | -114 |
JPY | bearish | negative | 1614 | 122 |
Total | -17799 |