10-Year Note Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large treasury speculators reduced their net positions in the 10-Year Note futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
The non-commercial futures contracts of 10-Year Note futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 192,606 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday October 10th. This was a weekly fall of -39,550 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 232,156 net contracts.
Speculative positions have declined for three consecutive weeks (total decline of -77,514 contracts) and have now fallen under the +200,000 net contract level for the first time in twenty-three weeks.
10-Year Note Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, categorized by the CFTC as hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of 14,705 contracts on the week. This was a weekly uptick of 63,171 contracts from the total net of -48,466 contracts reported the previous week.
iShares Core MSCI EAFE (NYSE:IEFA) ETF:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) closed at approximately $106.29 which was a decline of $-0.10 from the previous close of $106.39, according to unofficial market data.