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Speculators' Futures FX Positions

by Ashraf Laidi
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The weekly figures on traders' futures commitments obtained from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange's International Monetary Market shed valuable light on the developing flows pursuing one currency versus another. The data are broken down into commitments by commercial players (usually made up of businesses aiming to hedge currency risk) and speculators (traders buying and selling contracts purely for reaping the gains from price changes). The figures, expressed in number of contracts, show the buyers and sellers of futures' currency contracts and total open interest.



 
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asad
London, UK

January 21, 2010 16:37 ET
Ashraf,

My heartiest wishes & congrats for successfully completing one year on this Forum. (I wanted to send you a card at CMC...but unfortunately, I had been away).

And what can I say that hasn't been said before you & this Forum...so I'll just say a simple 'thanks' (& the rest, ofcourse, you know...in what sight I hold you).

God Bless & keep the good work going... :)

Asad
Ashraf Laidi
London, UK

January 21, 2010 14:05 ET
Seal, the use of the word volatility in the VIX acronym is a bit misleading. Please see CBOE website and wickipedia for detailed expalanation on how it's calculated. But No, volatility proper, is not inherently more during falling markets.

Ashraf
Sealofsolomon
London, UK

January 21, 2010 12:10 ET
Member since Dec 2009
Hi Ashraf,

I would like to know if the volatillity is higher on a bear market. If so, why?

Thanks a lot

S
Ashraf Laidi
London, UK

January 14, 2010 19:04 ET
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MAGES, I will update those charts next week and provide more ZOOMED IN Charts.

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TG
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January 14, 2010 03:12 ET
Member since Mar 2009
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PureStones
Korea Sout

January 14, 2010 03:05 ET
Member since Jan 2010
many thanks ashraf ^^;
what's you opinion about eur/usd ?

could USD rise?

recently i am short in eur/usd.
Mages


January 14, 2010 01:18 ET
Hi,

Happy new year Ashraf. Could you please update the The weekly figures on traders' futures commitments?

Thank you very much
Ashraf Laidi
London, UK

January 13, 2010 22:41 ET
NVP, still capped at 1.6340 but hard to generate any sharp losses that frequently. must be patient.
Tomrow US retail sales will be key. Holiday sales etccc.

Ashraf
NVP
findon village, UK

January 13, 2010 05:14 ET
Hi Ashraf,

congratulations on a great site and I am registering today !

meanwhile a question.....do I read the charts corectly above ?

I still see G/U rising (albeit a consolidation now) despite the net futures positions still showing
a small Sell (negative) postion........

how do you interpret this please ?

Neil
(NVP)
Ashraf Laidi
London, UK

December 17, 2009 12:01 ET
thks Mo

Ashraf

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