ZeroHedge has a post up with charts using the Commitment of Traders report from the CFTC, which has the open contracts from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange: COT Weekly Data Discloses Biggest Euro Short Covering Episode In History
I wanted to compare the data in that chart, which shows the net speculative position (non-commercial longs minus non-commercial shorts), with the price of CurrencyShares Euro (FXE). Here's what it looks like:
What's interesting to me is that the massive amount of short covering resulted in such a weak move in the euro.
Q1 GDP Tracking: Movin' on Up
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From BofA:
Since our update last week, *1Q GDP tracking is up two-tenths to 2.1% q/q
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From Goldman:
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