Eurodollar Futures Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large speculators reduced their bearish net positions in the Eurodollar 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 Eurodollar futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of -3,328,226 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday June 12th. This was a weekly rise of 129,162 contracts from the previous week which had a total of -3,457,388 net contracts.
Speculative bearish positions in the Eurodollar have fallen for five straight weeks and are back down to the lowest bearish level since February 6th when net positions totaled -3,155,009 contracts.
Eurodollar Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of 4,032,003 contracts on the week. This was a weekly loss of -132,666 contracts from the total net of 4,164,669 contracts reported the previous week.
ED Futures:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the Eurodollar Futures closed at approximately $96.98 which was a fall of $-0.06 from the previous close of $97.04, according to unofficial market data.