US dollar bearish bets rose to $13.19 billion from $11.57 against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to September 19 released on Friday September 22. Economic data were mixed during the week ahead of Federal Reserve’s two-day meeting.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
| September 19 2017 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
| CAD | bullish | negative | 4789 | 642 |
| AUD | bullish | negative | 5805 | 753 |
| EUR | bullish | negative | 9408 | -3461 |
| GBP | bearish | neutral | -858 | 2969 |
| CHF | bearish | negative | -204 | -33 |
| JPY | bearish | negative | -5750 | 752 |
| Total | 13191 |


