Short bets in five-year Treasury futures largest on record, CFTC says
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Aug 9 (Reuters) -Speculators raised their net short bets on five-year Treasuries to the largest on record in the latest week, while bearish bets on 10-year Treasury futures were the largest since February, according to data by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission on Friday.
Net short bets on five-year note futures grew to 1,688,076 contracts in the week ending August 6, up from 1,656,038 the previous week 1044601NNET. Short bets on 10-year note futures rose to 776,208 contracts, from 728,470, the data showed. 1043602NNET
Bearish positions on interest rate sensitive two-year Treasury futures also rose to 1,105,211 contracts, from 1,103,672 the prior week 1042601NNET.
The data is for the week ending Tuesday, a day after Treasury yields fell to more than one-year lows. This came on U.S. economic concerns sparked by a weaker employment report for July and due to a stock market rout caused in part by the unwind of popular dollar/yen carry trades.
Yields have since rebounded as fears of the U.S. economy entering an imminent recession were seen as overdone, while much of the unwind from the dollar/yen trades is seen as being completed.
Other data showed that net short bets on U.S. bonds increased to 57,855 contracts from 45,919. 1020601NNET and U.S. Long T-bonds short bets fell to 376,662 contracts from 417,046 1020604NNET.
Below is a table of the speculative positions in Treasury futures on the Chicago Board of Trade in the latest week:
U.S. 2-year T-notes (Contracts of $200,000)
06 Aug 2024 week | Prior week | |
Long | 716,311 | 715,610 |
Short | 1,821,522 | 1,819,282 |
Net | -1,105,211 | -1,103,672 |
U.S. 5-year T-notes (Contracts of $100,000)
06 Aug 2024 week | Prior week | |
Long | 578,521 | 554,750 |
Short | 2,266,597 | 2,210,788 |
Net | -1,688,076 | -1,656,038 |
U.S. 10-year T-notes (Contracts of $100,000)
06 Aug 2024 week | Prior week | |
Long | 441,721 | 415,036 |
Short | 1,217,929 | 1,143,506 |
Net | -776,208 | -728,470 |
U.S. T-bonds (Contracts of $100,000)
06 Aug 2024 week | Prior week | |
Long | 339,271 | 325,275 |
Short | 397,126 | 371,194 |
Net | -57,855 | -45,919 |
U.S. Long T-bonds (Contracts of $100,000)
06 Aug 2024 week | Prior week | |
Long | 159,683 | 147,652 |
Short | 536,345 | 564,698 |
Net | -376,662 | -417,046 |
Reporting By Karen Brettell; editing by Diane Craft
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