Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of June 11, 2024. 10-year note: Currently net short 307.7k, down 147.1k. The 10-year treasury yield peaked last October at five percent (4.997 percent, to be precise), subsequently bottoming at 3.79 percent in … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of June 4, 2024. 10-year note: Currently net short 454.8k, up 66.6k. The FOMC meets next week. This will be the fourth meeting this year, and four more remain. The fed funds has … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of May 28, 2024. 10-year note: Currently net short 388.2k, down 12.8k. The trendline resistance proved too much for bond bears (on price) to overcome. On Wednesday, the 10-year treasury yield touched 4.64 … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of May 21, 2024. 10-year note: Currently net short 401k, up 53.2k. FOMC minutes for the April 30-May 1 meeting out Wednesday showed members were worried over slow progress on inflation. For the … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of May 14, 2024. 10-year note: Currently net short 347.8k, down 133.8k. The 10-year had an important test this week. Thursday’s intraday low of 4.32 percent was a successful test of horizontal support … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of May 7, 2024. 10-year note: Currently net short 481.6k, up 48.7k. Non-commercials continued to add to net shorts in 10-year note futures. As of Tuesday, holdings closed at 481,620 contracts, up from … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 30, 2024. 10-year note: Currently net short 433k, up 79k. In an FOMC week in which Chair Jerome Powell was anything but a hawk, aided by weaker-than-expected economic data including April’s … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 23, 2024. 10-year note: Currently net short 353.9k, down 8.1k. The FOMC meets next week. This is the year’s third scheduled meeting and five more remain after this. The two-day meeting … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 16, 2024. 10-year note: Currently net short 362k, down 144.8k. Last October, the 10-year treasury yield peaked at five percent, having rallied from 3.25 percent in April. In the week to … Continued
Following futures positions of non-commercials are as of April 9, 2024. 10-year note: Currently net short 506.9k, down 63.1k. In the past month, the 10-year treasury yield went from 4.04 percent on March 8th to Thursday’s high of 4.59 percent. … Continued