US dollar bearish bets jumped to $22.0 billion from $14.61 billion against the major currencies during the previous week, according to the report of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) covering data up to March 20 released on Friday March 23. The ICE US dollar index rose however ahead of the Fed decision as investors expected the central bank would hike interest rates and update its guidance.
CFTC Sentiment vs Exchange Rate
| March 20 2018 | Bias | Ex RateTrend | Position $ mln | Weekly Change |
| CAD | bullish | positive | 1879 | 380 |
| AUD | bullish | positive | 1378 | 1439 |
| EUR | bullish | positive | 20316 | -2360 |
| GBP | bullish | positive | 2084 | 1383 |
| CHF | bearish | positive | -1078 | -208 |
| JPY | bearish | positive | -2581 | 6755 |
| Total | 21996 |