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Significant reduction in specs net short CAD - TDS

FXStreet (Bali) - According to the CFTC Commitments of Traders Report - Week Ending Tuesday, March 25th - CAD saw a significant reduction in net shorts from -69.8k to -33.2k, notes the FX Team at TD Securities.

Key Quotes

"This aligns well with the performance of USDCAD earlier in the week."

"The second largest change was observed in EUR net longs, with CTAs and speculative investors reducing outstanding net long exposure to +39.6k from +53.0k during the week."

"JPY registered an increase in net shorts of 7.8k contracts to -69.0k. Although sizeable, this is roughly half the net JPY shorts we saw in late-December."

"CTA and speculative investors favored the GBP during the reference period. Net longs increased to +29.7k contracts from +25.5k the week prior. Contrarily, investors reduced net CHF longs by a small 0.3k to a total of +14.8k."

"Speculative accounts also boosted net long NZD positioning in the week—driving net longs up by 2.4k to +18.2k contracts. In turn, AUD saw short covering, with a reduction in total outstanding contracts of 3.9k to a total of –20.5k on March 25th. "

"MXN registered a minor increase in net shorts to –1.6k; a sharp reversal from the +151k net long the market had on roughly a year ago."

"As a result of all these changes, the implied aggregate USD position held by the market reversed from a net long of USD 0.7bn to a net short of USD 0.2bn, the lowest since early November."

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