GOLD: COT Weekly Data Discloses Biggest Euro Short Covering Episode In History
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 06/18/2010 15:30 -0500
The CFTC Commitment of Traders is out and, it's a doozy: the amount of short covering in net spec EUR short positions hits what is certainly an all time record, as just under 50 thousand (49,585) short contracts are covered. This represents a huge 44% of all outstanding EUR net shorts (-111,945) as of the prior week. No wonder the EUR surged, and no wonder Goldman downgraded the EURUSD - in tried and true fashion we wonder how many banks tightened up margin requirements only to force the biggest short squeeze in history. It is only logical that every sellside desk would try to sucker as many clients as they could in advance of this rampage. The current net spec short position takes total shorts back to levels from mid-April, when the euro was trading in the 1.30 range. This is very bad news for existing EUR longs as it is now guaranteed that all weak hands have certainly been shaken out. Any additional move higher will actually have to occur for truly fundamental reasons. Alas, those will not be coming any time soon.
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