INTRODUCTION Foreign Currency Positions

87 INTRODUCTION: Foreign Currency Positions The “Treasury Bulletin” reports foreign currency holdings of large foreign exchange market participants. These reports provide information on positions in derivative instruments, such as foreign exchange futures and options, that are increasingly used in establishing foreign exchange positions but were not covered in the old reports. The information is based on reports of large foreign exchange market participants on holdings of five major foreign currencies (Canadian dollar, Japanese yen, Swiss franc, pound sterling, and euro) and the U.S. dollar. Positions in the U.S. dollar, which have been collected since January 1999, are intended to approximate “all other” currency positions of reporting institutions. U.S.-based businesses file a consolidated report for their domestic and foreign subsidiaries, branches, and agencies. U.S. subsidiaries of foreign entities file only for themselves, not for their foreign parents. Filing is required by law (31 United States Code 5315; 31 Code of Federal Regulations 128, Subpart C). Weekly and monthly reports must be filed throughout the calendar year by major foreign exchange market participants, which are defined as market participants with more than $50 billion equivalent in foreign exchange contracts on the last business day of any calendar quarter during the previous year (end March, June, September, or December). Such contracts include the amounts of foreign exchange spot contracts bought and sold, foreign exchange forward contracts bought and sold, foreign exchange futures bought and sold, and one half the notional amount of foreign exchange options bought and sold. A quarterly report must be filed throughout the calendar year by each foreign exchange market participant that had more than $5 billion equivalent in foreign exchange contracts on the last business day of any quarter the previous year (end March, June, September, or December). This information is published in six sections corresponding to each of the major currencies covered by the reports. Tables I-1 through VI-1 present the currency data reported weekly by major market participants. Tables I-2 through VI-2 present more detailed currency data of major market participants, based on monthly Treasury reports. Tables I-3 through VI-3 present quarterly consolidated currency data reported by large market participants that do not file weekly reports. Principal exchanged under cross-currency interest rate swaps is reported as part of purchases or sales of foreign exchange. Such principal also was noted separately on monthly and quarterly reports through December 1998, when this practice was discontinued. The net options position, or the net delta-equivalent value of an options position, is an estimate of the relationship between an option’s value and an equivalent currency hedge. The delta equivalent value is defined as the product of the first partial derivative of an option valuation formula (with respect to the price of the underlying currency) multiplied by the notional principal of the contract. June 2009 88 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS SECTION I.—Canadian Dollar Positions TABLE FCP-I-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants [In millions of Canadian dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date 10/01/08 ............................................................................. 10/08/08 ............................................................................. 10/15/08 ............................................................................. 10/22/08 ............................................................................. 10/29/08 ............................................................................. Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) 726,302 747,856 766,619 779,982 815,488 755,232 776,565 816,424 813,210 847,757 Net options positions (3) 1,220 782 -19 -244 -170 Exchange rate (Canadian dollars per U.S. dollar) (4) 1.0607 1.1246 1.1804 1.2496 1.2302 11/05/08 ............................................................................. 11/12/08 ............................................................................. 11/19/08 ............................................................................. 11/26/08 ............................................................................. 798,069 792,728 783,997 803,255 831,975 825,515 823,234 843,667 -988 -999 -1,067 -1,038 1.1590 1.2296 1.2370 1.2338 12/03/08 ............................................................................. 12/10/08 ............................................................................. 12/17/08 ............................................................................. 12/24/08 ............................................................................. 12/31/08 ............................................................................. 805,182 748,643 682,878 617,841 630,632 844,188 785,797 712,787 648,036 661,410 -766 -454 -494 -726 -344 1.2573 1.2553 1.2058 1.2125 1.2240 01/07/09 ............................................................................. 01/14/09 ............................................................................. 01/21/09 ............................................................................. 01/28/09 ............................................................................. 677,448 643,565 654,555 626,012 710,045 675,296 686,581 656,887 161 -53 42 199 1.1850 1.2373 1.2749 1.2096 02/04/09 ............................................................................. 02/11/09 ............................................................................. 02/18/09 ............................................................................. 02/25/09 ............................................................................. 637,538 650,568 649,172 658,363 667,471 681,378 680,909 690,170 406 44 n.a. 86 1.2268 1.2418 1.2592 1.2558 03/04/09 ............................................................................. 03/11/09 ............................................................................. 03/18/09 ............................................................................. 03/25/09 ............................................................................. 671,746 680,587 616,965 619,023 700,268 711,799 647,734 650,189 -211 -383 -164 261 1.2768 1.2808 1.2715 1.2245 June 2009 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 89 SECTION I.—Canadian Dollar Positions, con. TABLE FCP-I-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants [In millions of Canadian dollars. Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets Liabilities (3) (4) 146,721 182,233 182,754 175,265 177,698 183,997 192,626 156,950 164,583 152,935 154,246 139,136 136,095 128,115 Options positions Calls Puts Bought Written Bought Written (5) (6) (7) (8) 74,389 71,200 72,251 75,246 73,064 60,370 62,405 59,498 52,351 39,942 34,361 33,273 34,210 35,686 68,162 69,421 61,955 62,438 62,946 57,570 62,211 60,990 53,220 39,348 32,641 32,062 33,087 34,115 90,305 72,055 78,321 69,409 66,938 60,852 68,050 62,821 61,117 46,428 36,089 35,077 38,774 37,474 94,040 77,515 86,569 81,474 77,223 65,535 67,675 60,724 59,599 45,867 37,162 35,549 38,183 37,613 Exchange rate (Canadian Net delta dollars per equivalent U.S. dollar) (9) (10) 6,142 -522 446 305 550 311 1,002 1,228 -1,214 -1,401 -829 -101 -500 -379 1.1652 0.9881 1.0092 0.9938 1.0185 1.0261 1.0631 1.0597 1.2158 1.2360 1.2240 1.2365 1.2710 1.2606 2006 - Dec .......................................................................... 160,820 579,771 588,986 2007 - Dec .......................................................................... 197,438 694,064 714,446 2008 - Apr........................................................................... 204,674 792,511 811,750 May ......................................................................... 193,260 783,032 800,143 June........................................................................ 195,618 708,422 723,727 July ......................................................................... 203,718 762,144 783,370 Aug ......................................................................... 210,772 813,975 835,396 Sept ........................................................................ 180,842 730,492 758,806 Oct .......................................................................... 191,668 817,607 846,772 Nov ......................................................................... 175,232 800,323 841,201 Dec ......................................................................... 175,405 634,789 666,685 2009 - Jan .......................................................................... 159,321 646,263 677,683 Feb ......................................................................... 158,950 671,695 702,394 Mar ......................................................................... 149,394 638,146 679,424 TABLE FCP-I-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants [In millions of Canadian dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Spot, forward and future contracts Report date Purchased (1) Sold (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets (3) Liabilities (4) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 34,842 32,113 65,451 69,270 74,923 71,727 77,457 74,937 67,676 Bought (5) 451 662 463 419 833 444 259 n.a. n.a. 836 418 n.a. n.a. Calls Written (6) n.a. 824 758 460 456 n.a. 346 256 1,186 957 1,328 1,221 794 Options positions Puts Bought (7) 2,157 2,870 2,501 2,269 1,536 n.a. 1,481 1,450 1,628 2,125 2,216 2,006 1,900 Written (8) 660 905 688 882 844 n.a. 805 n.a. 703 1,310 1,914 n.a. n.a. Net delta equivalent (9) n.a. -826 -700 -459 n.a. n.a. -174 -192 -300 -470 -422 -305 n.a. Exchange rate (Canadian dollars per U.S. dollar) (10) 1.1656 1.167 1.115 1.1151 1.1652 1.153 1.0634 0.9959 0.9881 1.0275 1.0185 1.0597 1.224 2005 - Dec .......................................................................... 25,109 32,454 96,654 2006 - Mar .......................................................................... n.a. 21,479 27,460 June ........................................................................ n.a. 22,757 27,397 Sept ......................................................................... 22,644 29,191 87,920 Dec .......................................................................... 20,327 26,745 65,076 2007 - Mar .......................................................................... 13,129 21,573 67,774 June ........................................................................ 10,551 16,894 94,501 Sept ......................................................................... 10,062 16,161 92,670 Dec .......................................................................... 9,864 17,299 90,515 2008 - Mar .......................................................................... 24,894 21,409 110,013 June......................................................................... 25,156 21,808 139,752 Sept ......................................................................... 23,453 26,995 126,375 Dec .......................................................................... 15,109 27,971 110,543 June 2009 90 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS SECTION II.—Japanese Yen Positions TABLE FCP-II-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants [In billions of Japanese yen. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Spot, forward and future contracts Report date 10/01/08 ............................................................................. 10/08/08 ............................................................................. 10/15/08 ............................................................................. 10/22/08 ............................................................................. 10/29/08 ............................................................................. Purchased (1) 384,427 393,429 384,522 382,081 386,310 Sold (2) 386,643 397,678 387,978 385,793 388,470 Net options positions (3) 2,881 3,085 2,742 2,908 2,989 Exchange rate (Japanese yen per U.S. dollar) (4) 106.06 99.73 101.47 98.63 97.48 11/05/08 ............................................................................. 11/12/08 ............................................................................. 11/19/08 ............................................................................. 11/26/08 ............................................................................. 382,229 372,682 372,567 332,477 384,211 376,978 375,593 336,149 2,749 2,990 2,892 3,308 98.95 95.54 96.75 95.46 12/03/08 ............................................................................. 12/10/08 ............................................................................. 12/17/08 ............................................................................. 12/24/08 ............................................................................. 12/31/08 ............................................................................. 361,131 313,791 325,864 273,736 295,748 364,740 316,310 330,318 278,154 300,266 3,080 2,342 3,229 3,180 3,279 93.25 92.94 87.84 90.68 90.79 01/07/09 ............................................................................. 01/14/09 ............................................................................. 01/21/09 ............................................................................. 01/28/09 ............................................................................. 318,757 307,366 318,936 309,203 324,419 311,868 323,442 311,911 3,247 2,791 2,720 2,477 92.70 89.28 87.80 89.87 02/04/09 ............................................................................. 02/11/09 ............................................................................. 02/18/09 ............................................................................. 02/25/09 ............................................................................. 306,518 319,621 311,347 322,940 310,479 323,963 316,165 327,016 2,537 2,528 2,319 2,299 89.53 90.66 93.81 97.33 03/04/09 ............................................................................. 03/11/09 ............................................................................. 03/18/09 ............................................................................. 03/25/09 ............................................................................. 320,195 318,419 301,204 306,540 324,498 321,981 305,283 311,179 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 99.34 97.74 98.08 97.70 June 2009 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 91 SECTION II.—Japanese Yen Positions, con. TABLE FCP-II-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants [In billions of Japanese yen. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Spot, forward and future contracts Report date Purchased (1) Sold (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets (3) Liabilities (4) 61,243 72,014 64,829 62,519 61,095 61,555 63,542 53,276 55,756 53,231 55,822 55,685 56,081 52,051 Bought (5) 80,330 112,480 99,022 95,209 96,713 88,992 85,876 74,504 73,233 68,158 64,185 60,541 60,065 59,542 Calls Written (6) 84,922 115,176 105,469 99,745 97,406 83,603 79,157 66,723 63,856 58,087 54,758 52,821 53,869 52,961 Options positions Puts Bought (7) 81,768 122,042 126,044 122,994 121,907 108,585 104,878 89,868 86,630 79,887 75,507 72,217 73,549 73,244 Written (8) 78,511 123,860 116,971 116,228 120,939 111,919 109,226 94,721 93,689 87,524 81,983 77,249 77,119 77,162 Net delta equivalent (9) -1,538 761 1,886 1,860 2,325 2,760 2,497 2,867 2,791 3,307 3,295 2,506 2,218 n.a. Exchange rate (Japanese yen per U.S. dollar) (10) 119.0200 111.7100 104.5300 105.4600 106.1700 108.1000 108.6900 105.9400 98.2800 95.4600 90.7900 89.8300 97.7400 99.1500 2006 - Dec .......................................................................... 59,888 326,745 321,477 2007 - Dec .......................................................................... 69,975 463,494 462,366 2008 - Apr........................................................................... 65,225 466,324 469,942 May ......................................................................... 63,410 461,438 466,315 June........................................................................ 61,139 439,162 443,086 July ......................................................................... 60,836 441,716 446,651 Aug ......................................................................... 63,062 392,062 396,748 Sept ........................................................................ 50,022 423,091 425,131 Oct .......................................................................... 56,997 412,583 415,910 Nov ......................................................................... 54,011 381,547 385,268 Dec ......................................................................... 56,606 323,332 327,005 2009 - Jan .......................................................................... 56,968 334,069 336,685 Feb ......................................................................... 57,700 347,802 352,245 Mar ......................................................................... 53,688 330,801 335,829 TABLE FCP-II-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants [In billions of Japanese yen. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets Liabilities (3) (4) 3,943 6,016 4,224 3,439 4,069 2,904 3,064 2,808 3,070 2,696 3,121 3,175 2,901 Calls Bought (5) 462 817 1,061 n.a. n.a. 910 n.a. 1,170 761 376 n.a. 338 227 Options positions Puts Written Bought Written (6) (7) (8) 469 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 518 711 340 364 356 313 929 1,041 505 782 1,001 1,749 2,210 1,005 988 1,097 1,027 1,032 812 501 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,166 n.a. 587 896 866 549 516 314 Net delta equivalent (9) -148 -78 198 -57 -239 -325 n.a. n.a. 38 58 18 13 -11 Exchange rate (Japanese yen per U.S. dollar) (10) 117.88 117.48 114.51 117.99 119.02 117.56 123.39 114.97 111.71 99.85 106.17 105.94 90.79 2005 - Dec .......................................................................... 7,360 8,359 8,965 2006 - Mar .......................................................................... 9,571 10,001 10,039 June ........................................................................ 7,932 8,718 8,903 Sept ......................................................................... 6,821 8,643 9,325 Dec .......................................................................... 6,913 9,336 9,825 2007 - Mar .......................................................................... 6,174 4,623 5,036 June ........................................................................ 7,442 4,408 5,575 Sept ......................................................................... 6,558 5,039 6,234 Dec .......................................................................... 6,497 4,816 5,798 2008 - Mar .......................................................................... 5,441 6,554 11,048 June......................................................................... 7,419 6,502 14,540 Sept ......................................................................... 6,210 6,531 12,792 Dec .......................................................................... 8,662 4,675 4,301 June 2009 92 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS SECTION III.—Swiss Franc Positions TABLE FCP-III-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants [In millions of Swiss francs. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date 10/01/08 ............................................................................. 10/08/08 ............................................................................. 10/15/08 ............................................................................. 10/22/08 ............................................................................. 10/29/08 ............................................................................. Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) 883,586 900,125 909,460 921,676 903,735 884,744 903,661 910,234 924,984 907,328 Net options positions (3) 3,200 3,460 1,222 1,182 1,376 Exchange rate (Swiss francs per U.S. dollar) (4) 1.1209 1.1272 1.1346 1.1656 1.1371 11/05/08 ............................................................................. 11/12/08 ............................................................................. 11/19/08 ............................................................................. 11/26/08 ............................................................................. 895,349 887,579 889,482 775,535 894,256 888,223 888,491 776,780 392 521 -1,294 -1,355 1.1606 1.1790 1.2103 1.2064 12/03/08 ............................................................................. 12/10/08 ............................................................................. 12/17/08 ............................................................................. 12/24/08 ............................................................................. 12/31/08 ............................................................................. 867,127 866,076 745,495 673,497 642,442 868,053 867,047 743,722 672,165 640,373 -2,061 n.a. -1,085 -1,072 -861 1.2142 1.1949 1.0852 1.0788 1.0673 01/07/09 ............................................................................. 01/14/09 ............................................................................. 01/21/09 ............................................................................. 01/28/09 ............................................................................. 708,333 690,419 689,942 677,650 702,214 690,206 687,874 679,727 34 645 522 21 1.0941 1.1179 1.1473 1.1442 02/04/09 ............................................................................. 02/11/09 ............................................................................. 02/18/09 ............................................................................. 02/25/09 ............................................................................. 681,663 704,101 696,528 720,598 685,266 710,351 706,540 730,822 998 2,119 1,823 2,023 1.1579 1.1599 1.1813 1.1646 03/04/09 ............................................................................. 03/11/09 ............................................................................. 03/18/09 ............................................................................. 03/25/09 ............................................................................. 709,069 744,104 695,823 688,213 718,133 753,087 706,263 699,113 1,939 2,270 2,243 1,885 1.1762 1.1585 1.1667 1.1239 June 2009 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 93 SECTION III.—Swiss Franc Positions, con. TABLE FCP-III-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants [In millions of Swiss francs. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets Liabilities (3) (4) 75,067 96,554 95,096 87,293 85,377 84,695 87,292 64,874 78,075 75,755 69,021 69,547 69,199 67,732 Calls Bought (5) 132,261 296,139 321,797 237,148 240,478 236,083 235,362 220,343 196,983 178,017 162,230 156,789 150,458 130,583 Options positions Puts Written Bought Written (6) (7) (8) 124,219 295,801 313,672 240,622 248,576 228,418 n.a. n.a. 184,747 171,105 158,197 156,834 157,169 143,124 155,127 258,017 288,797 292,500 288,702 256,053 n.a. n.a. 191,872 188,261 175,827 160,415 161,821 160,358 164,475 244,868 276,183 270,968 261,523 248,205 241,288 222,942 194,011 190,888 178,706 158,720 149,984 147,545 Exchange rate Net delta (Swiss francs per equivalent U.S. dollar) (9) (10) n.a. 4,527 9,454 7,882 4,852 4,984 3,827 3,158 -1,471 -2,266 -1,352 -1,018 1,317 1,541 1.2195 1.1329 1.0422 1.0426 1.0202 1.0489 1.1019 1.1189 1.1669 1.2165 1.0673 1.1612 1.1672 1.1395 2006 - Dec .......................................................................... 79,535 603,056 627,243 2007 - Dec .......................................................................... 95,668 981,030 987,962 2008 - Apr........................................................................... 90,352 1,066,288 1,070,771 May ......................................................................... 81,621 1,077,285 1,083,612 June........................................................................ 78,608 961,572 965,153 July ......................................................................... 81,469 1,023,986 1,028,303 Aug ......................................................................... 80,549 912,341 918,638 Sept ........................................................................ 63,284 932,559 935,518 Oct .......................................................................... 75,393 937,246 948,889 Nov ......................................................................... 75,284 886,183 887,457 Dec ......................................................................... 65,440 685,168 683,919 2009 - Jan .......................................................................... 67,519 713,098 717,450 Feb ......................................................................... 64,937 734,756 744,409 Mar ......................................................................... 64,812 739,101 746,643 TABLE FCP-III-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants [In millions of Swiss francs. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets Liabilities (3) (4) 10,432 11,025 11,561 11,124 11,031 13,441 14,061 13,612 10,338 10,785 10,566 12,101 10,619 Calls Bought (5) 745 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 1,819 855 2,422 584 1,166 n.a. n.a. n.a. Options positions Puts Written Bought Written (6) (7) (8) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 283 679 n.a. n.a. n.a. 689 745 623 1,099 n.a. n.a. n.a. 596 535 1,589 2,031 1,025 438 517 575 479 590 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 324 696 n.a. 518 544 Net delta equivalent (9) 82 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 136 -69 -16 -24 n.a. Exchange rate (Swiss francs per U.S. dollar) (10) 1.3148 1.3025 1.2247 1.2504 1.2195 1.2126 1.224 1.1672 1.1329 0.9921 1.0202 1.1189 1.0673 2005 - Dec .......................................................................... 42,747 13,695 23,402 2006 - Mar .......................................................................... 41,674 19,986 28,587 June ........................................................................ 45,077 17,463 20,886 Sept ......................................................................... 44,741 16,524 23,319 Dec .......................................................................... 46,317 19,099 26,282 2007 - Mar .......................................................................... 47,552 23,188 25,040 June ........................................................................ 46,886 16,511 23,187 Sept ......................................................................... 46,837 20,823 24,139 Dec .......................................................................... 46,339 15,134 20,077 2008 - Mar .......................................................................... 49,284 21,491 29,248 June......................................................................... 62,191 16,727 26,727 Sept ......................................................................... 62,698 15,914 28,874 Dec .......................................................................... 51,127 11,069 22,276 June 2009 94 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS SECTION IV.—Sterling Positions TABLE FCP-IV-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants [In millions of pounds sterling. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date 10/01/08 ............................................................................. 10/08/08 ............................................................................. 10/15/08 ............................................................................. 10/22/08 ............................................................................. 10/29/08 ............................................................................. Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) 1,159,986 1,242,053 1,281,561 1,298,510 1,310,136 1,160,481 1,252,501 1,294,176 1,307,541 1,316,620 Net options positions (3) 177 31 558 439 71 Exchange rate (U.S. dollars per pound) (4) 1.7804 1.7310 1.7432 1.6174 1.6298 11/05/08 ............................................................................. 11/12/08 ............................................................................. 11/19/08 ............................................................................. 11/26/08 ............................................................................. 1,259,363 1,177,359 1,186,243 1,075,768 1,268,493 1,186,430 1,194,288 1,084,707 524 1,138 1,610 719 1.6156 1.5012 1.5095 1.5218 12/03/08 ............................................................................. 12/10/08 ............................................................................. 12/17/08 ............................................................................. 12/24/08 ............................................................................. 12/31/08 ............................................................................. 01/07/09 ............................................................................. 01/14/09 ............................................................................. 01/21/09 ............................................................................. 01/28/09 ............................................................................. 1,179,362 1,099,673 1,058,085 965,024 957,371 1,066,822 1,016,675 1,067,083 999,667 1,190,664 1,110,567 1,073,014 981,579 972,208 1,082,005 1,028,165 1,076,045 1,006,842 -443 -274 179 559 304 713 785 1,006 937 1.4783 1.4830 1.5457 1.4673 1.4619 1.5254 1.4617 1.3728 1.4317 02/04/09 ............................................................................. 02/11/09 ............................................................................. 02/18/09 ............................................................................. 02/25/09 ............................................................................. 949,301 968,382 943,557 981,582 959,670 980,370 960,524 999,063 1,094 n.a. n.a. n.a. 1.4472 1.4367 1.4235 1.4265 03/04/09 ............................................................................. 03/11/09 ............................................................................. 03/18/09 ............................................................................. 03/25/09 ............................................................................. 983,242 1,017,342 920,439 953,914 1,005,434 1,036,855 935,303 969,132 654 450 405 788 1.4142 1.3780 1.3974 1.4585 June 2009 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 95 SECTION IV.—Sterling Positions, con. TABLE FCP-IV-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants [In millions of pounds sterling. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets Liabilities (3) (4) 350,140 372,556 359,458 332,747 331,253 357,565 356,382 285,669 319,184 347,609 342,452 349,518 344,860 331,262 Calls Bought (5) 81,276 80,197 82,412 84,379 72,241 61,446 62,263 60,457 61,870 51,130 44,891 47,422 44,525 57,320 Options positions Puts Written Bought Written (6) (7) (8) 78,380 93,248 123,659 111,410 91,843 90,511 89,851 77,712 76,430 64,123 51,977 48,311 43,158 42,656 80,387 103,301 139,813 126,483 104,769 92,519 92,063 84,192 79,670 63,733 53,230 51,338 47,745 43,739 Net delta equivalent (9) 2,269 3,400 -310 -1,069 -473 1,717 2,331 653 678 850 631 1,151 1,024 925 Exchange rate (U.S. dollars per pound) (10) 1.9586 1.9843 1.9847 1.9793 1.9906 1.9806 1.8190 1.7804 1.6165 1.5348 1.4619 1.4413 1.4276 1.4300 2006 - Dec .......................................................................... 813,178 846,452 400,194 2007 - Dec .......................................................................... 1,106,323 1,121,684 450,883 2008 - Apr........................................................................... 1,201,518 1,207,229 506,423 May ......................................................................... 1,246,155 1,248,506 479,557 June........................................................................ 1,172,121 1,168,789 470,463 July ......................................................................... 1,235,398 1,232,045 500,469 Aug ......................................................................... 1,120,945 1,110,838 500,540 Sept ........................................................................ 1,203,071 1,205,290 429,030 Oct .......................................................................... 1,356,523 1,365,196 448,584 Nov ......................................................................... 1,206,138 1,217,492 500,194 Dec ......................................................................... 975,940 995,931 495,444 2009 - Jan .......................................................................... 992,637 1,009,035 498,062 Feb ......................................................................... 1,012,009 1,034,023 494,329 Mar ......................................................................... 951,181 969,221 462,479 73,370 69,881 67,934 68,920 58,749 56,791 57,625 56,424 58,802 51,199 43,251 45,124 40,563 53,595 TABLE FCP-IV-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants [In millions of pounds sterling. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets Liabilities (3) (4) 23,561 25,296 26,947 20,660 18,843 22,609 24,253 30,537 26,918 28,259 26,549 31,132 29,137 Calls Bought (5) 408 409 394 n.a. n.a. 267 n.a. 154 139 n.a. n.a. 127 124 Options positions Puts Written Bought Written (6) (7) (8) 359 336 336 n.a. n.a. 69 60 n.a. 159 90 302 184 149 n.a. 2,413 2,559 2,244 2,034 n.a. n.a. 2,491 3,733 1,956 2,046 4,010 2,441 n.a. 714 667 722 565 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 883 1,195 924 n.a. Net delta equivalent (9) -786 146 182 176 10 -441 n.a. n.a. -1,292 -1,168 n.a. n.a. n.a. Exchange rate (U.S. dollars per pound) (10) 1.7188 1.7393 1.8491 1.8716 1.9586 1.9685 2.0063 2.0389 1.9843 1.9855 1.9906 1.7804 1.4619 2005 - Dec ..........................................................................50,161 23,489 37,615 2006 - Mar ..........................................................................56,236 19,284 50,266 June ........................................................................60,738 26,222 46,526 Sept .........................................................................52,940 23,238 32,069 Dec ..........................................................................53,158 23,342 31,721 2007 - Mar ..........................................................................60,460 12,787 20,170 June ........................................................................61,316 9,617 19,167 Sept .........................................................................75,325 10,145 20,745 Dec ..........................................................................76,423 11,365 22,642 2008 - Mar ..........................................................................80,685 18,074 30,594 June.........................................................................94,886 17,970 31,267 Sept .........................................................................94,107 18,814 32,337 Dec ..........................................................................80,314 16,513 28,774 June 2009 96 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS SECTION V.—U.S. Dollar Positions TABLE FCP-V-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants [In millions of U.S. dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date 10/01/08 ............................................................................. 10/08/08 ............................................................................. 10/15/08 ............................................................................. 10/22/08 ............................................................................. 10/29/08 ............................................................................. Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) 16,918,240 16,854,256 17,104,175 17,060,742 17,198,746 16,941,694 16,846,608 17,036,148 17,002,001 17,202,489 Net options positions (3) 927 -4,543 -1,415 -574 -3,196 Exchange rate (4) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 11/05/08 ............................................................................. 11/12/08 ............................................................................. 11/19/08 ............................................................................. 11/26/08 ............................................................................. 16,800,142 16,297,587 16,221,372 14,984,715 16,821,389 16,305,861 16,233,754 14,978,506 -185 -8,510 -10,214 -6,749 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 12/03/08 ............................................................................. 12/10/08 ............................................................................. 12/17/08 ............................................................................. 12/24/08 ............................................................................. 12/31/08 ............................................................................. 16,100,460 14,612,817 14,796,433 13,447,582 13,526,183 16,108,665 14,660,571 14,949,879 13,572,731 13,675,411 -849 -13,775 -1,892 -3,961 -5,697 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 01/07/09 ............................................................................. 01/14/09 ............................................................................. 01/21/09 ............................................................................. 01/28/09 ............................................................................. 14,300,145 13,809,253 13,874,873 13,671,515 14,422,373 13,941,329 14,010,253 13,803,542 -8,413 -4,813 -6,942 -6,638 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 02/04/09 ............................................................................. 02/11/09 ............................................................................. 02/18/09 ............................................................................. 02/25/09 ............................................................................. 13,279,293 13,539,678 13,354,569 13,658,904 13,375,259 13,629,219 13,404,152 13,701,522 -9,210 -6,733 -4,868 -6,173 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 03/04/09 ............................................................................. 03/11/09 ............................................................................. 03/18/09 ............................................................................. 03/25/09 ............................................................................. 13,325,673 13,590,367 12,844,471 13,173,612 13,374,755 13,639,625 12,909,547 13,225,480 212 3,531 -1,557 -3,814 n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. June 2009 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 97 SECTION V.—U.S. Dollar Positions, con. TABLE FCP-V-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants [In millions of U.S. dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Spot, forward and future contracts Report date Purchased (1) Sold (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets (3) Liabilities (4) Bought (5) Calls Written (6) 1,921,370 2,579,678 2,700,906 3,803,175 3,290,251 3,934,239 6,134,109 6,099,109 3,715,441 3,404,580 3,311,971 3,143,982 3,430,086 2,892,513 Options positions Puts Bought (7) 2,004,037 2,534,065 2,651,712 3,285,883 3,322,983 4,282,276 6,286,505 6,360,121 4,001,058 3,790,897 3,750,439 3,540,964 3,061,456 2,993,819 Written (8) 2,251,079 n.a. n.a. 6,608,679 6,668,912 7,568,455 7,529,433 7,365,021 3,962,748 3,753,138 3,700,270 3,518,820 3,042,159 2,951,855 Net delta equivalent (9) -8,890 794 n.a. 12,071 8,027 -3,425 5,708 5,066 996 4,806 -4,233 -4,877 -5,698 -208 Exchange rate (10) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2006 - Dec .......................................................................... 10,523,993 10,613,502 2007 - Dec .......................................................................... 16,604,296 16,621,391 2008 - Apr........................................................................... 18,600,434 18,653,717 May ......................................................................... 18,987,815 19,043,557 June........................................................................ 18,131,933 18,165,420 July ......................................................................... 18,974,207 18,984,029 Aug ......................................................................... 16,998,976 17,015,504 Sept ........................................................................ 17,880,214 17,888,232 Oct .......................................................................... 18,023,570 18,010,589 Nov ......................................................................... 16,897,006 16,899,403 Dec ......................................................................... 14,157,193 14,295,305 2009 - Jan .......................................................................... 14,191,114 14,308,543 Feb ......................................................................... 14,134,645 14,188,658 Mar ......................................................................... 13,754,639 13,820,770 1,877,190 2,665,228 2,736,978 3,287,386 3,200,841 3,860,825 3,954,792 3,901,764 3,639,554 3,309,641 3,216,341 3,087,045 2,725,815 2,849,625 TABLE FCP-V-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants [In millions of U.S. dollars. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets Liabilities (3) (4) - Calls Bought (5) 22,061 21,312 16,802 25,157 25,301 33,632 36,519 33,028 29,007 29,794 30,279 27,044 25,594 Written (6) 14,840 18,906 19,028 32,393 38,520 23,046 32,361 21,170 22,828 27,278 25,934 23,503 15,247 Options positions Puts Bought Written (7) (8) 12,765 18,612 16,754 20,992 17,570 17,873 21,051 19,119 13,464 15,610 15,361 19,379 8,439 12,692 20,083 17,785 26,372 23,098 20,639 n.a. 10,739 10,454 15,318 11,644 13,640 7,069 Net delta equivalent (9) 3,155 2,115 954 4,174 -278 122 2,341 -1,325 2,111 3,114 2,745 -108 1,145 Exchange rate (10) n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. n.a. 2005 - Dec .......................................................................... 419,932 398,823 2006 - Mar .......................................................................... 444,770 436,861 June ......................................................................... 441,758 453,766 Sept ......................................................................... 466,483 478,373 Dec .......................................................................... 445,675 450,809 2007 - Mar .......................................................................... 257,985 245,890 June ......................................................................... 271,790 230,303 Sept ......................................................................... 283,902 268,604 Dec .......................................................................... 297,212 291,395 2008 - Mar .......................................................................... 384,255 382,695 June......................................................................... 340,324 342,590 Sept ......................................................................... 347,122 328,592 Dec .......................................................................... 292,011 281,080 June 2009 98 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS SECTION VI.—Euro Positions TABLE FCP-VI-1.—Weekly Report of Major Market Participants [In millions of euros. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date 10/01/08 ............................................................................. 10/08/08 ............................................................................. 10/15/08 ............................................................................. 10/22/08 ............................................................................. 10/29/08 ............................................................................. Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) 4,363,095 4,410,407 4,523,256 4,569,210 4,761,306 4,293,458 4,341,551 4,486,679 4,518,769 4,673,602 Net options positions (3) 3,832 -24 2,539 2,873 2,186 Exchange rate (Euros per U.S. dollar) (4) 0.7113 0.7310 0.7371 0.7791 0.7782 11/05/08 ............................................................................. 11/12/08 ............................................................................. 11/19/08 ............................................................................. 11/26/08 ............................................................................. 4,606,624 4,527,102 4,521,837 4,168,705 4,504,677 4,418,670 4,416,581 4,079,303 1,999 2,794 5,450 1,501 0.7669 0.7963 0.7940 0.7795 12/03/08 ............................................................................. 12/10/08 ............................................................................. 12/17/08 ............................................................................. 12/24/08 ............................................................................. 12/31/08 ............................................................................. 01/07/09 ............................................................................. 01/14/09 ............................................................................. 01/21/09 ............................................................................. 01/28/09 ............................................................................. 4,652,370 4,339,684 4,299,787 3,871,157 3,812,241 4,120,350 4,047,645 4,036,929 3,949,533 4,559,484 4,224,443 4,201,991 3,785,724 3,725,174 4,038,845 3,962,579 3,949,716 3,872,771 2,531 n.a. 3,186 4,269 3,393 3,516 2,566 2,716 4,565 0.7893 0.7678 0.6965 0.7161 0.7184 0.7290 0.7591 0.7770 0.7551 02/04/09 ............................................................................. 02/11/09 ............................................................................. 02/18/09 ............................................................................. 02/25/09 ............................................................................. 3,779,455 3,884,855 3,828,944 3,988,245 3,704,868 3,807,875 3,760,804 3,928,182 2,663 2,470 2,407 4,064 0.7778 0.7756 0.7970 0.7855 03/04/09 ............................................................................. 03/11/09 ............................................................................. 03/18/09 ............................................................................. 03/25/09 ............................................................................. 3,875,566 3,972,342 3,774,945 3,886,159 3,815,898 3,914,500 3,713,170 3,816,624 4,116 5,562 5,720 4,919 0.7932 0.7828 0.7628 0.7386 June 2009 FOREIGN CURRENCY POSITIONS 99 SECTION VI.—Euro Positions, con. TABLE FCP-VI-2.—Monthly Report of Major Market Participants [In millions of euros. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets Liabilities (3) (4) 1,427,573 1,941,086 1,783,161 1,714,719 1,628,034 1,651,507 1,634,104 1,343,229 1,662,678 1,816,912 1,823,683 1,814,050 1,850,057 1,771,541 Calls Bought (5) 651,970 590,115 610,838 568,784 608,851 622,705 619,280 538,382 519,760 494,904 466,120 451,966 438,200 452,634 Written (6) 693,889 584,307 603,295 565,827 615,710 618,268 640,618 572,137 565,703 534,155 501,559 483,299 471,934 478,774 Options positions Puts Bought Written (7) (8) 508,842 558,711 593,853 590,647 601,216 576,367 609,921 578,251 582,178 533,471 750,439 766,242 506,044 488,051 587,473 557,451 645,204 639,306 643,773 602,236 623,728 583,413 580,715 538,819 760,767 778,637 513,741 503,447 Net delta equivalent (9) -14,933 3,580 4,393 4,569 6,264 5,726 7,810 642 -639 -832 1,108 1,755 2,404 715 Exchange rate (10) 0.7578 0.6848 0.6423 0.6427 0.635 0.6415 0.6817 0.7102 0.7885 0.7878 0.7184 0.781 0.7898 0.7541 2006 - Dec .......................................................................... 2,908,461 2,899,018 1,471,459 2007 - Dec .......................................................................... 4,057,077 4,029,716 1,995,834 2008 - Apr........................................................................... 4,480,698 4,386,596 1,805,029 May ......................................................................... 4,578,782 4,466,296 1,721,464 June........................................................................ 4,303,139 4,237,361 1,616,625 July ......................................................................... 4,522,842 4,439,793 1,631,461 Aug ......................................................................... 4,123,736 4,058,301 1,687,561 Sept ........................................................................ 4,477,807 4,418,145 1,355,892 Oct .......................................................................... 4,839,339 4,749,132 1,708,452 Nov ......................................................................... 4,709,541 4,624,402 1,853,674 Dec ......................................................................... 3,956,295 3,869,172 1,836,594 2009 - Jan .......................................................................... 3,964,027 3,892,556 1,821,280 Feb ......................................................................... 4,009,759 3,948,460 1,860,679 Mar ......................................................................... 3,966,315 3,909,096 1,783,672 TABLE FCP-VI-3.—Quarterly Report of Large Market Participants [In millions of euros. Source: Office of International Monetary and Financial Policy] Report date Spot, forward and future contracts Purchased Sold (1) (2) Foreign currency denominated Assets Liabilities (3) (4) 129,312 135,999 136,551 154,973 150,191 118,068 125,902 139,178 138,149 157,462 119,914 113,016 106,772 Calls Bought (5) 11,011 10,580 6,763 7,614 8,664 9,318 7,443 9,967 8,674 8,362 9,806 10,431 6,839 Options positions Puts Written Bought Written (6) (7) (8) 7,622 6,100 3,575 3,680 2,967 3,549 3,408 3,207 2,806 5,988 3,601 5,295 2,795 7,232 6,992 7,462 7,305 7,494 11,618 10,670 6,648 5,653 8,821 10,018 8,896 5,611 6,209 5,441 4,729 5,329 4,987 4,045 3,743 2,948 2,137 7,976 5,693 9,632 4,811 Net delta equivalent (9) -867 -1,532 -934 -2,956 -603 -611 -1,051 699 -1,362 1,039 3,067 1,653 1,761 Exchange rate (10) 0.8445 0.8238 0.7825 0.7882 0.7578 0.7477 0.7396 0.7033 0.6848 0.6327 0.6350 0.7102 0.7184 2005 - Dec .......................................................................... 117,211 137,716 198,507 2006 - Mar .......................................................................... 131,132 149,125 223,971 June ........................................................................ 130,803 137,764 232,161 Sept ......................................................................... 141,600 146,199 220,610 Dec .......................................................................... 126,039 132,907 207,774 2007 - Mar .......................................................................... 74,638 81,811 188,261 June ........................................................................ 68,711 81,208 204,447 Sept ......................................................................... 82,783 79,080 218,344 Dec .......................................................................... 81,522 80,991 213,943 2008 - Mar .......................................................................... 126,180 91,977 262,397 June......................................................................... 116,332 88,752 272,427 Sept ......................................................................... 87,960 94,583 246,486 Dec .......................................................................... 91,965 88,625 212,743 June 2009