Leveraged funds raised net short positions in the year to over 115,000 contracts in the week to June 9, the largest level since November 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed. The positioning build comes with the yen tradi

2026-06-15

Leveraged funds raised net short positions in the year to over 115,000 contracts in the week to June 9, the largest level since November 2017, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed. The positioning build comes with the yen trading around JPY160 per dollar, keeping traders alert to government intervention risk, and occurs despite the prospect of Bank of Japan rate hikes — indicating carry-trade activity may be reviving.