Fish - Meet Barrel

IMM speculators increase short U.S. dollar positions-CFTC

NEW YORK, May 29 (Reuters) - Currency speculators increased
their short positions on U.S. dollars in the latest week,
according to data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission
on Friday.

The value of the U.S. dollar's net short position was $5.67
billion in the week ending May 26, compared with a net short
position of $3.61 billion in the prior week.

The aggregate U.S. dollar position is derived from the net
positions of International Monetary Market speculators in the
yen, euro, British pound, Swiss franc, Canadian, and Australian
dollars.

JAPANESE YEN (Contracts of 12,500,000 yen)

5/26/09 week 5/19/09 week

Long 34,860 29,526

Short 26,851 23,526

Net 8,009 6,000

EURO (Contracts of 125,000 euros)

5/26/09 week 5/19/09 week

Long 47,203 41,754

Short 31,619 29,504

Net 15,584 12,250

POUND STERLING (Contracts of 62,500 pounds sterling)

5/26/09 week 5/19/09 week

Long 17,724 16,596

Short 42,529 42,524

Net -24,805 -25,928

SWISS FRANC (Contracts of 125,000 Swiss francs)

5/26/09 week 5/19/09 week

Long 13,929 11,497

Short 7,255 6,888

Net 6,674 4,609

CANADIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Canadian dollars)

5/26/09 week 5/19/09 week

Long 32,429 28,816

Short 20,897 23,391

Net 11,532 5,425

AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 Aussie dollars)

5/26/09 week 5/19/09 week

Long 41,658 38,275

Short 9,189 8,980

Net 32,469 29,295

MEXICAN PESO (Contracts of 500,000 pesos)

5/26/09 week 5/19/09 week

Long 31,352 28,540

Short 7,548 7,411

Net 23,804 21,129

NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR (Contracts of 100,000 New Zealand
dollars)

5/26/09 week 5/19/09 week

Long 13,351 7,841

Short 819 1,022

Net 12,532 6,819
(Reporting by Wanfeng Zhou; Editing by Dan Grebler)