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S&P500 Non-Commercial Positions:
Large speculators and traders decreased their net positions in the S&P500 stock futures markets last week for a second straight week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday (due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday).
The non-commercial futures contracts of S&P500 futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 5,537 contracts in the data reported through November 22nd. This was a weekly decline of -1,166 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 6,703 net contracts.
S&P500 Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, categorized by the CFTC as hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of 11,743 contracts last week. This is a weekly gain of 5,375 contracts from the total net of 6,368 contracts reported the previous week.
Free Reports:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the S&P500 index closed at approximately 2202.93 which was a change of 22.55 from the previous close of 2180.38, according to market data from Yahoo Finance.
*COT Report: The COT data, released weekly to the public each Friday, is updated through the previous Tuesday (data is 3 days old) and shows a quick view of how large speculators or non-commercials (for-profit traders) as well as the commercial traders (hedgers & traders for business purposes) were positioned in the futures markets. The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders/speculators). Find CFTC criteria here: (http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/CommitmentsofTraders/ExplanatoryNotes/index.htm).
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