# FX Positioning: Dollar short-squeezing emerges | articles | ING THINK

> Speculative investors cut net-long dollar positions in the week ending 19 October, after a long bullish run. CAD and sterling saw the biggest weekly jumps in net positioning as their central bank rate expectations turned hawkish.

- Date: 2021-10-25 · published 2021-10-25T12:00:00.000Z
- Category: market · region Global · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/44439-fx-positioning-dollar-short-squeezing-emerges-articles-ing-think
- Commodities: [US Dollar (Broad)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/DXY.md)

## Why it matters

Reduced dollar long positioning points to a softer dollar near term, which can modestly support dollar-priced commodities.

## Read by commodity

- DXY: bearish ▼

## Sources

- think.ing.com: https://think.ing.com/articles/fx-positioning-dollar-short-squeezing-emerges/

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