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The Japanese Yen large speculator standing this week recorded a net position of -24,817 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday. This was a weekly lowering of -37,588 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 12,771 net contracts. This week’s current strength score (the trader positioning range over the past three years, measured from 0 to 100) shows the speculators are currently Bullish with a score of 63.7 percent. The commercials are Bearish with a score of 38.8 percent and the small traders (not shown in chart) are Bullish with a score of 55.8 percent. Price Trend-Following Model: Weak Uptrend Our weekly trend-following model classifies the current market price position as: Weak Uptrend.

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The Gold speculator position comes in as the most bullish extreme standing this week. The Gold speculator level is currently at a 100.0 percent score of its 3-year range.

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Speculators drop Swiss Franc bets for 9th week to most bearish since 2019 Highlighting the COT currency’s data this week is the decline in the speculator’s positioning for the Swiss franc. Large speculative Swiss franc (CHF) currency positions fell this week by a modest -402 net contracts but have now dropped for a ninth consecutive week. The speculator bets have also fallen for the tenth time out of the past eleven weeks as well – for a total 11-week decrease of -18,632 contracts.

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Leading the gains for the softs markets was Sugar (18,663 contracts) with Cotton (3,789 contracts) and Coffee (3,163 contracts) also having positive weeks. The markets with the declines in speculator bets this week were Corn (-93,072 contracts), Soybeans (-36,877 contracts), Soybean Oil (-28,553 contracts), Wheat (-17,962 contracts), Lean Hogs (-11,565 contracts), Soybean Meal (-11,451 contracts), Cocoa (-4,384 contracts) and Live Cattle (-3,732 contracts) also registering lower bets on the week.

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