US dollar net long bets continued to rise amounting to $33.60 billion from $32.29 billion against the major currencies during the one week period, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to April 9 and released on Friday April 12. The dollar sentiment continued to improve on strong jobs report - the US economy added above forecast 196,000 new jobs in March after adding just 33,000 to nonfarm payrolls in February.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
| April 09 2019 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
| CAD | bearish | neutral | -3241 | 82 |
| AUD | bearish | positive | -3876 | 62 |
| EUR | bearish | positive | -14391 | -505 |
| GBP | bearish | positive | -531 | 284 |
| CHF | bearish | negative | -3519 | -228 |
| JPY | bearish | negative | -8044 | -1000 |
| Total | -33602 |