US dollar net long bets rose to $20.77 billion from $18.78 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 15 and released on Friday October 18. The ICE US Dollar index USDX however fell as the Federal Reserve revealed plans to purchase $60 billion of short-term Treasury debt each month.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
| October 15 2019 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
| CAD | bullish | positive | 982 | 583 |
| AUD | bearish | positive | -3215 | -57 |
| EUR | bearish | positive | -10364 | -37 |
| GBP | bearish | positive | -5817 | -225 |
| CHF | bearish | positive | -1598 | -207 |
| JPY | bullish | positive | -763 | -2048 |
| Total | -20774 |