CFTC Nasdaq 100 Non-Commercial Net Positions comes in at 10K - ForexCracked
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CFTC Nasdaq 100 Non-Commercial Net Positions comes in at 10K

Published Aug 28, 20:01 UTC
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The CFTC Nasdaq 100 Non-Commercial Net Positions (USD) report, released today, showed the net positions at 10K. This figure follows the previous reading of -10.4K. No consensus estimate was available for this release.

Initial market reaction has been relatively limited across major currency pairs. Fifteen minutes after the release, AUDUSD moved +1.2 pips, EURUSD +0.2 pips, GBPUSD +1.3 pips, NZDUSD +0.7 pips, USDCAD -0.4 pips, USDCHF +0.4 pips, and USDJPY +1.7 pips. These moves are smaller than their respective median 1-hour moves, which typically range from 3 pips to 5 pips for these pairs after past releases of this event. Gold (XAUUSD) saw a move of +20 pips, which is above its median 1-hour move of 12 pips for this release type, but below the top-quarter threshold of 26+ pips.

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