Forex Futures speculators continued to decrease their bets for the U.S. dollar against the euro for a third week in a row as of July 20th, according to the COT data released by the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
Swiss franc positions increase for a third straight week while Japanese Yen longs dip after gaining for 5 weeks.
See the forex COT data article.
COT Data Summary (vs. the US Dollar) as of July 20th, 2010
Euro: -24,251 shorts from -27,050
British pound sterling: -26,767 shorts from -34,671
Australian dollar: 32,886 long contracts from 23,480
Canadian dollar: 16,424 long contracts from 22,038
Japanese yen: 40,911 long contracts from 47,359
Mexican peso: 35,886 long contracts from 28,135
New Zealand dollar: 8,973 long contracts from 5,452
Swiss franc: 15,113 long contracts from 14,590
