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FX Quant Fund Positioning Data

There have been no substantial changes in the aggregated positions since last week except for an increase in the short kiwi position.

With risk events looming traders scaled back one way bets against most currencies,

While the trend in the Pound seems to have shifted to the upside off the early September lows,

The Pound has forged a short covering bounce of roughly 250 points because of ideas that there might be a “no vote” on independence.

The Pound appears to have some positive traction this morning off a slight shift toward a no vote and

The Pound is poised to fall back to consolidation support around the September lows.

The polls peg the independence vote to be too close to call and that has interjected a measure of volatility in the Pound.

Leveraged funds decreased their USD exposure for the first time in eight weeks.

In the week ahead, investors will be focusing on the outcome of Wednesday’s Fed policy meeting.

The most substantial change in terms of positioning this week has been the cut in the long AUD, NZD and

• The CFTC release highlights several themes: 1) With a net long $29bn USD position,

Some of the recovery in the Pound over the last 48 hours was the result of an emotional appeal from