U.S. dollar net shorts hit largest since July 2021 -CFTC, Reuters data
NEW YORK, Nov 28 (Reuters) - Speculators raised net short U.S. dollar positioning in the latest week to its largest level since July 2021, according to calculations by Reuters and U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Monday.
The value of the net short dollar position hit $1.82 billion in the week ended Nov. 22 from a net short of $10.5 million in the previous week. Speculators have been net short the dollar for a second straight week.
Investors have flipped their net long dollar positions, anticipating weakness in the U.S. currency on expectations that the Federal Reserve will slow the pace of interest rates increases after raising them by 75 basis points multiple times.
Last week, the dollar fell another 0.9% =USD . For the month of November, the dollar index has so far dropped about 4.3%, on track for its largest monthly fall since September 2010.
However, record COVID cases in China and citizens protesting against the country's zero-COVID rules have increased safe-haven flows to the U.S. dollar.
"The (dollar index) has certainly shown some signs of life around its 200-day average and support in the 1.0500-1.0540 area. But it is far too early to say whether this will turn into a full-on rally," wrote Fawad Razaqzada, market analyst at City Index and Forex.com in London, in a research note.
He added that 200-day moving average is a key support and the dollar is still inside a long-term bull trend.
"After the recent sell-off, the downside risks have now diminished in my view," said Razaqzada.
The increase in net short dollar positioning came as euro net longs soared to 123,112 contracts, the highest since February 2021.
In the cryptocurrency market, net longs on bitcoin futures rose to 706, the highest since the week of Oct. 11, CFTC data showed. Speculators have been net long bitcoin for a third straight week.
The increase in net longs on bitcoin came as the crypto market grappled with the fallout from the collapse of crypto exchange FTX when it filed for bankruptcy a few weeks ago.
U.S. cryptocurrency lender BlockFi said on Monday it had filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection along with eight affiliates in a New Jersey court.
Bitcoin was last down 1.31% at $16,209 BTC=BTSP . Since the beginning of the year, bitcoin has plunged 65%. Japanese Yen (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen) $5.909 billion
22 Nov 2022
Prior week
week
Long
30,800
33,797 Short
95,650
99,639 Net
-64,850
-65,842 EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros) $-14.573 billion
22 Nov 2022
Prior week
week
Long
239,598
239,369 Short
116,486
126,703 Net
123,112
112,666 POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling) $2.433 billion
22 Nov 2022
Prior week
week
Long
30,917
34,699 Short
66,859
67,533 Net
-35,942
-32,834 SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs) $2.228 billion
22 Nov 2022
Prior week
week
Long
1,910
2,271 Short
16,386
19,098 Net
-14,476
-16,827 CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars) $0.973 billion
22 Nov 2022
Prior week
week
Long
36,733
37,456 Short
48,405
50,376 Net
-11,672
-12,920 AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars) $3.023 billion
22 Nov 2022
Prior week
week
Long
32,825
33,214 Short
75,611
77,963 Net
-42,786
-44,749 MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos) $-1.753 billion
22 Nov 2022
Prior week
week
Long
188,446
197,700 Short
125,127
129,849 Net
63,319
67,851 NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand dollars) $0.408 billion
22 Nov 2022
Prior week
week
Long
15,536
15,285 Short
19,820
21,913 Net
-4,284
-6,628
Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss; Editing by Mark Porter and Lisa Shumaker
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