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NEW YORK, Nov 29 (Reuters) - Speculators' net bearish bets
on U.S. 10-year Treasury note futures rose to their largest
since roughly mid-February 2020 in the latest week, according to
Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Monday.
Futures on U.S. 10-year notes showed net shorts of 323,415
contracts in the week ended Nov. 23, according to
the CFTC's latest Commitments of Traders data. A week earlier,
speculators held 294,141 net short positions in 10-year T-note
futures.
Meanwhile, futures on U.S. 5-year notes, the part of the
curve that reflects the Federal Reserve interest rate outlook
along with 2-year notes, showed a smaller net short position of
284,883, CFTC data showed, the lowest since
mid-October.
Net shorts on U.S. two-year note futures, on the other hand,
increased sharply to 46,620, from 5,445 contracts
in the latest week.
Below is a table of the speculative positions in Treasury
futures on the Chicago Board of Trade and in eurodollar futures
on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange in the latest week:
U.S. 2-year T-notes (Contracts of $200,000)
23 Nov 2021 Prior week
week
Long 302,567 345,245
Short 349,187 350,690
Net -46,620 -5,445
U.S. 5-year T-notes (Contracts of $100,000)
23 Nov 2021 Prior week
week
Long 335,148 300,750
Short 620,031 645,345
Net -284,883 -344,595
U.S. 10-year T-notes (Contracts of $100,000)
23 Nov 2021 Prior week
week
Long 437,867 486,980
Short 761,282 781,121
Net -323,415 -294,141
U.S. T-bonds (Contracts of $100,000)
23 Nov 2021 Prior week
week
Long 153,738 144,973
Short 164,763 161,341
Net -11,025 -16,368
U.S. Ultra T-bonds (Contracts of $100,000)
23 Nov 2021 Prior week
week
Long 75,005 74,179
Short 366,725 373,058
Net -291,720 -298,879
Eurodollar (Contracts of $1,000,000)
23 Nov 2021 Prior week
week
Long 1,402,059 1,477,552
Short 2,702,540 2,596,835
Net -1,300,481 -1,119,283
Fed funds (Contracts of $1,000,000)
23 Nov 2021 Prior week
week
Long 62,546 58,782
Short 144,551 123,988
Net -82,005 -65,206
(Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss
Editing by Nick Zieminski and Leslie Adler)