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FX · 30 Oct 2026

CHF positioning reaches a historical extreme

↓ 2.4%

Net short
this week

Highest speculative positioning in the past year

Other notable positioning

JPY ↑ 9.6%

EUR ↓ 1.6%

CAD ↑ 3.0%

5 notable changes · 3 extremes · 1 divergence

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30 Oct 2026

Week 43, 2026

Yen leads currency buying as franc faces liquidation

Good Morning. This is your weekly COT Digest. Speculators leaned into JPY in size this week. CHF also moved on the selling side, but that was the smaller side of the tape.

Top buyer

JPY

The book is a crowded long versus the prior 52 weeks. New longs and short covering while net long, +9.6% of the book. This is a second week of buying. Spot continued the buying from the report date close (Tue 27 Oct) to the latest price when the report was released (Fri 30 Oct), +0.3%.

Top seller

CHF

The book is still net short, but it sits as a crowded long versus the prior 52 weeks. This marks a flip from new longs and short covering last week. Long liquidation while net short, -2.43% of the book. Spot did not continue the selling from the report date close (Tue 27 Oct) to the latest price when the report was rel…

Currency	Contracts	Long	Short	This week	Book
CHF	Down	Down	Down	Short	Short
JPY	Down	Up	Down	Long	Long
EUR	Down	Up	Up	Short	Short
CAD	Down	Down	Down	Long	Short

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