Sentences with phrase «net long positions»

To add some perspective on the magnitude, net long positions are currently 40 per cent higher than their mid-2014 highs, and an astounding 4 times higher than their 2016 lows.

A «significant shift» in net long positions in three - month gold futures may affect prices at the margin in the short term, but tells us little about real investment demand.

I've read about the big net long positions, and I suppose that means we get a correction here at some point soon.

Other ways that we've tried to address this type of question is to look at Comex net long positions and ETF holdings.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey, which knocked off more than 20 percent of U.S. refinery capacity in the peak of refinery shutdowns, hedge funds are betting on a rise in fuel prices and have boosted their net long positions on U.S. gasoline and diesel to highs not seen for years.

In the base metals complex, only nickel and tin traded higher for the quarter.4 A slow start to Chinese restocking coming out of the Chinese New Year holiday weighed on prices for copper and aluminum, both of which saw their worst quarterly results in years, while zinc and lead prices also declined.4 The London Metal Exchange (LME) Index, which tracks the three - month futures prices of all six metals, fell 6.3 %.4 LME copper -LRB--7.4 %, to US$ 6,714 per mt) and other industrial metals erased some of their 2017 gains, falling alongside a sharply decelerating expansion in China's manufacturing activity — sparking demand concerns and greater caution among hedge funds and other speculators who cut their net long positions in the metal.4 Outside the LME, US steel was buoyed by trade policy changes.

U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data on Friday showed that hedge funds and money managers raised their net long positions in COMEX gold in the week to Jan. 2.

In contrast, fund managers have been adding net long positions in gasoline and heating oil, after cutting them in February and March, according to position records published by regulators and exchanges.

Portfolio managers increased their net long position in Brent by 17 million barrels in the week to April 10 and have raised net length by a total of 48 million barrels since Jan. 23.

Hedge funds and other money managers cut their combined net long position in the six most important futures and options contracts...

By contrast, the net long position in WTI was cut by 3 million barrels last week...

The net long position was still below the record 1.484 billion barrels set back on Jan. 23.

Meanwhile, hedge funds and money managers raised their net long position in COMEX gold contracts in the week to Jan. 30 to their highest level since late - September, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) data showed on Friday.

Hedge funds and money managers raised their net long position in COMEX gold for the second straight week in the week to March 28, and boosted it slightly in silver, Commodity Futures Trading Commission data showed on Friday.

The net long position was still below the record 1.484 billion barrels set back on Jan. 23 (https://tmsnrt.rs/2Jfts03).

Portfolio managers have not really increased their net long position in WTI and Brent since the start of April and arguably not since the start of February, which is perhaps a sign they are now fully invested.

By April 24, funds held a record net long position in U.S. gasoline equivalent to 111 million barrels as well as a net position in heating oil equivalent to 69 million barrels (https://tmsnrt.rs/2JEyL9A).

Hedge funds and other money managers cut their combined net long position in the six most important futures and options contracts linked to petroleum by six million barrels in the week to April 24.

Less than a year ago they held a net long position in 10 - year paper of 362,000 contracts, the largest in a decade.

* COPPER: Hedge funds and money managers raised a net long position in copper futures and options in the week to April 24, U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commision data showed on Friday.

Hedge funds» net long position on Brent hit an all - time high of more than 584,000 contracts recently, according to ICE Futures Europe and reported by Bloomberg.

He based his forecast on seasonal changes in buying and selling patterns and the fact that large speculators» net long position is now at 445,000 futures contracts, which suggests there is not much space for more buying before the seasonal selling starts.

http://admin.futuresmag.com/admin/structure/nodequeueHedge funds are not listening to crazy bearish crude oil price predictions like Goldman's $ 20 a barrel call and instead are amassing its biggest net long position since last April.

In April 2017, large speculators had built up a record net long position of more than 103,000 contracts in silver futures with the metal trading at $ 18.30.

In Brent, hedge funds upped their net long position by the most since March this year — 8 percent to 464,980 contracts, according to ICE Futures Europe data.

Money managers increased their net long position in WTI by 32 percent to 208,292 futures and options, boosting the net bets on a rise in the U.S. crude benchmark by the most since December last year, according to data by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission reported by Bloomberg.

For the dealer that hedges the net long position with short futures contracts, everything will be a wash.

Finally, the CFTC's Commitments of Traders (COT) report shows that large speculative traders are holding a record net long position in the euro, a polar opposite in sentiment toward currency relative to last year.

This leaves the dealer with a net long position of 2,000 ounces bought at $ 1,200 / oz spot.

position limit: 25 % of total fund 2) 50 % of the portfolio has to have weight of 10 % or less 3) minimum net long position of 50 % of net asset value, max.

There's been an abundance of commentary on the net long position of the «Swap Dealers» in Comex silver futures per the COT report.

From the beginning of December to the latest COT report, the average large spec net long position in gold is 171k.

A stockholder's «net long position» is generally defined as the amount of common stock in which the stockholder holds a positive (also known as «long») economic interest, reduced by the amount of common stock in which the stockholder holds a negative (also known as «short») economic interest.

Long / short equity funds take a hedged net long position on stocks, which reduces volatility.

In the Change column, a negative number indicates either an increase to an existing net short position or a reduction of a net long position.

Commercial euro futures traders have the biggest net long position in the euro in the entire 12 year history of the reporting of euro futures positions in the Commitment of Traders (COT) Report.

See § 356.13 of the UOC for more information on how to report the net long position.

Treasury will not allow a bidder's net long position plus the total of its auction awards to exceed 35 percent of the offering amount.

A competitive bidder must report its net long position with one of its bids if the sum of its net long position and its bids equals or exceeds the net long position reporting threshold specified in the auction announcement.The net long position must be calculated as of one half - hour prior to the competitive bidding deadline.

Not exact matches

Positioning data shows net long euro positions by speculators fell last week, albeit from a record high, suggesting investors remain overwhelmingly bullish on the single currency but are reducing those bets.

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They cut their net long euro position to 130,594 contracts from a record 151,476 the week before, the biggest reduction since December.

According to Reuters, bullish positions in Brent stood at a record 587 million barrels as of Friday, with a record 530 million of those net long.

The CFTC's Commitment of Traders Report as of 4/24 showed the large funds cutting 11.5 k longs and adding 14.9 k shorts to slash the net fund long position to 136k contracts.

While this is certainly not bullish for sentiment, this is a relatively and historically light Net Fund Long Position, and gross shorts at 89k contracts are still somewhat elevated.

Since the report, around another 10k net longs were reduced, taking the position to around 125k net long — its lowest level since December.

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Oil fund managers are not betting on $ 20 a barrel oil this week because they increased their net - long position by 16,855 contracts to 132,857 futures and options in the week ending Sept. 8, according to the CFTC commitment of traders report.

This is a relatively and historically light Net Fund Long Position, and gross shorts at 74k contracts are still somewhat elevated.

Since the December FOMC Meeting that sparked the next leg lower in the dollar, the Euro has averaged about a 4:3 Leveraged net - long ratio and reached a high of 5:2 while also reaching a record long position that had 77,000 more longs than shorts.