US dollar net long bets edged higher last week to $23.69 billion from $23.17 billion against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to October 2 and released on Friday October 5. The dollar bullish bets rose as the Federal Reserve implemented third quarter-point rate hike and signaled another rate hike in December. The 4.5% increase in orders for durable goods in August, faster than forecast, also supported dollar sentiment.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
| October 02 2018 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
| CAD | bearish | positive | -1442 | 67 |
| AUD | bearish | negative | -5154 | 67 |
| EUR | bearish | negative | -1025 | -1568 |
| GBP | bearish | positive | -4812 | 712 |
| CHF | bearish | negative | -1709 | 375 |
| JPY | bearish | positive | -9556 | 1143 |
| Total | -23698 |