Speculators' net bearish bets on U.S. 10-year Treasury note futures fell in the latest week, according to Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday. The amount of speculators' bearish, or short, positions in 10-year Treasury futures exceeded bullish, or long, positions by 271,369 contracts on March 13, according to the CFTC's latest Commitments of Traders data. A week earlier, speculators held 362,150 net short positions in 10-year T-note futures, a one-year high. 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) 13 Mar 2018 Prior week week Long 314,396 293,440 Short 433,659 386,234 Net -119,263 -92,794 U.S. 5-year T-notes (Contracts of $100,000) 13 Mar 2018 Prior week week Long 543,703 533,226 Short 998,169 1,022,856 Net -454,466 -489,630 U.S. 10-year T-notes (Contracts of $100,000) 13 Mar 2018 Prior week week Long 590,572 586,134 Short 861,941 948,284 Net -271,369 -362,150 U.S. T-bonds (Contracts of $100,000) 13 Mar 2018 Prior week week Long 203,795 172,222 Short 120,238 157,936 Net 83,557 14,286 U.S. Ultra T-bonds (Contracts of $100,000) 13 Mar 2018 Prior week week Long 53,932 48,012 Short 202,352 218,422 Net -148,420 -170,410 Eurodollar (Contracts of $1,000,000) 13 Mar 2018 Prior week week Long 1,166,745 993,698 Short 5,143,165 4,841,267 Net -3,976,420 -3,847,569 Fed funds (Contracts of $1,000,000) 13 Mar 2018 Prior week week Long 316,111 315,953 Short 290,947 274,406 Net 25,164 41,547 (Reporting by Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss Editing by James Dalgleish)
