"Today's auction was not as bad as in late November, but it clearly shows that dealers are very cautious in extending their long position in the super-rich German 10-year segment, " economist Annalisa Piazza at Newedge said.
Even with the rise in the net long position for speculators in gold, the extra weight is not burdensome, said Barclays Capital.
Large speculators in the disaggregated report increased their net-long position in the platinum group metals with an increase in gross long positions.
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The reduction in the net long position might be the smart move in the short term, he added.
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You can get the currency exposure either by purchasing short-term paper issued by the flaky government in question or by taking a long position in the futures market for that currency.
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Money managers in the disaggregated report decreased their net-long position in platinum by added more gross shorts than gross longs, which now stands at 12, 580 contracts.
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Managed-money accounts in the platinum group metals increased their net-long position in both platinum and palladium.
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While funds were adding to positions in precious metals, they reduced their net-long position in copper in both the disaggregated and legacy reports.
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Managed money accounts increased their net-long position in gold, adding 3, 342 gross longs and cutting 4, 002 gross shorts, raising the net long position to 99, 458 contracts, erasing a large part of the reduction in net longs seen in the previous report.
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Managed-money accounts significantly raised their net-long position in gold to 189, 870 contracts for futures and options combined, the sixth week in a row that speculators added to their net-long position, HSBC said.
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Non-commercials built on the rise in their net long position, which now is 20, 401 contracts, having added gross longs and only adding a few gross shorts.
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Barclays Capital attributed the rise in the net long position to short covering, and noted that the gross gold positions are at their lowest level since April 2009.
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Alex Thorndike, senior trader, precious metals and foreign exchange, MKS Capital, said the action by the managed-money crowd resulted in a 25% reduction in their net long position, but added that since the time period only goes until July 24, it does not include any buying that happened toward the end of the week.
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In the legacy report, non-commercials also lifted their net-long position in the same fashion, lifting it to 42, 531 contracts.
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The managed-money accounts in copper increased their net long position by adding more gross longs than gross shorts, pushing the net long position to 7, 695 contracts in the disaggregated report.
The net-long position in gold remains heavy and prices are softening, and they say the possibility of long liquidation is increasing.
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The index is 76% weighted to a long position in futures contracts on two-year Treasury yields and 24% weighted to a short position in 10-year Treasury yields.
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Managed-money accounts significantly decreased their net-long position in gold, cutting 24, 596 gross longs and adding 6, 224 gross shorts, dropping the net long position to 129, 502 contracts.
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Managed money accounts trimmed their net-long position in gold, cutting 4, 094 gross longs and adding 1, 138 gross shorts, lowering the net-long position to 111, 919 contracts.
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Managed money accounts augmented their net-long position in gold, adding 12, 477 gross longs and adding 1, 320 gross shorts, raising the net-long position to 138, 846 contracts.
The silver net-long position for the managed-money accounts in the disaggregated report decreased to 2, 774 contracts, the smallest net-long position since the report started in September 2009.
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Again, as in platinum, this is the biggest net-long position for palladium speculators in the legacy report since 2006.
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To hedge its long position in the XRT, Goldman shorted the individual securities underlying the XRT.
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Managed-money accounts significantly raised their net-long position in gold, lifting it to 179, 132 contracts.
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Managed-money accounts raised their net-long position in gold slightly, lifting it to 99, 684 contracts.
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