Speculative traders on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange seemed to lose most of the remaining attraction to the USD going into the year-end, data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) showed on Friday. Traders aggressively dumped USD by increasing their short USD bets from $818 million as of last week to $3.2 billion as of Tuesday. In a parallel move, traders continued to cover their EUR bets slashing their short EUR position by 5% after cutting it by another 50% last week to reach a total of $5.0 billion as of Tuesday. Looking ahead, "the USD is unlikely to make up much ground in the days ahead ... (full story)