Sentences with phrase «net long positions in»

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.

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...

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Not exact matches

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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.

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.

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.

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 $ 18.3In 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 $ 18.3in silver futures with the metal trading at $ 18.30.

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 yearIn 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 yearin 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 yearin fuel prices and have boosted their net long positions on U.S. gasoline and diesel to highs not seen for years.

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.

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.

If one is long a broadly diversified portfolio of stocks and hedged with a short position in the major indices, the result is a net portfolio loss — and that can feel excruciating if the major indices are advancing at the same time.

Producers are net - short and saw a small rise in that position when few more gross longs were cut than gross shorts.

The funds have been building their net - long positions in the platinum group metals.

It's a similar story with silver, in that the price decline of the past two months has been accompanied by almost no reduction in the total speculative net - long position in Comex silver futures.

This was such an unusual and unexpected development that we felt we had to mention it in these pages (note: as of last week the speculative position has returned to net long 6,186 contracts, which is still very subdued exposure for this group of traders).

For the past few months the net speculative long position in euro futures has hovered near an all - time high.

After having their largest net - short position on record in May, by late - September speculators had built - up their largest net - long position in four years.

There has been a roughly $ 100 pullback in the price from its early - September peak, but notice that there has been a relatively minor reduction in the total speculative net - long position.

The following weekly chart shows that the total speculative net - long position in Comex gold futures hit an all - time high in July of 2016 (the chart only covers the past three years, but I can assure you that it was an all - time high).

More recently, the relatively small size of the speculative net - long position in early - July of this year paved the way for a tradable rebound in the price, but by early - September the speculative net - long position had again risen to a relatively high level.

Net exposure takes into account the benefits of offsetting long and short positions and is calculated by subtracting the percentage of the Fund's equity capital invested in short sales from the percentage of its equity capital used for long positions.

PBO analysis suggests if the Finance (private sector) projections turn out as planned, the government will be back to structural surplus by 2015 and will be in a positive long term fiscal gap position (declining net debt relative to GDP in face of aging aging demographics).

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

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.

Not only did the German end that long barren spell by setting up Theo Walcott for the Gunners» second of the night in our Champions League game with Ludogorets, he also netted the first hat - trick of his professional career to give Arsenal a fantastic 6 - 0 win over the Bulgarian champions and put us in a great position to win a UCL group for the first time in years.

The goal conceded at Panathinaikos is a case in point — blame Dawson, or Lloris, or Moussa if you like, but it's hard to find fault with Vertonghen — he was drawn out of position by the extra man, but you could see (I watched it a good few times) from his body language that he'd seen exactly what went wrong long before the ball was in the net.

And a lack of concentration from the Reds saw the Argentine net after just 23 seconds on the field, the striker netting his second of the season after outsprinting Dejan Lovren from a long punt forward and calmly slotting past Mignolet, who got his positioning all wrong in the Liverpool net.

A person owning or controlling more than 10,000 contracts net long or net short in all contract months combined shall provide, in a timely fashion, upon request by the Exchange, information regarding the nature of the position, trading strategy, and hedging information if applicable.

The ETNs use a systematic approach to investing in volatility index (VIX) futures that have a net long or net short volatility position that varies based on changes in the market.

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.

At a 10 - year Treasury yield of 1.7 %, interest on reserves of 0.25 %, and a monetary base now at about 18 cents per dollar of nominal GDP (see Run, Don't Walk), further purchases of long - term Treasury securities by the Fed would produce net losses for the Fed in any scenario where yields rise more than about 20 basis points a year, or the Fed ever has to unwind any portion of its already massive positions.

A black figure in the Change column indicates an increase to an existing long position or a reduction of an existing net short position.

, Position Limits and Exemptions, no person shall own or control positions in excess of 50,000 contracts net long or short in all months combined.

The aggregate position limit in DJIA Index ($ 25 multiplier) futures, mini-sized Dow futures ($ 5 multiplier) and options, and DJIA Index ($ 10 multiplier) futures and options is 50,000 DJIA Index futures contracts, net long or net short in all contract months combined.