RE: Euro shorts skyrocket To 27.9 billion dollars reached the short positions on Euro according to CFTC or 179000 contracts, an increase of 20% in comparison with the long positions due to the uncertainties in Europe because of pending Greek elections. If the situation coninues, the market will head lower due to the fact that a lot of US multinational companies have invested in Europe and are losing money in the exchange rate with the US dollar. A QE3 is quite possible if this Euro slide contiues below $1.20. In the meantime the Chinese stand in the side lines waiting for the volatility to settle before they step back in and prop us the Euro. This does not bode well for commodities and gold in particular. Yet the $ seems to have topped at .80 and is due for a retreat. We can only hope that things will get better in Europe or else Europe will enter a deep recession that will affect all commodities met coal and CMK included.