The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, showed that large traders and currency speculators continued to increase their bullish bets for the US dollar for the third week in a row last week as traders expect the US Federal Reserve to raise interest rates.
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 377626 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a change of 89745 contracts from the previous weekly total.
The large speculator contracts of gold futures declined to a total net position of 136380 contracts. This was a weekly change of -15190 contracts from the previous week.
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The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -228604 contracts. This was a weekly change of -132337 contracts from the previous week.
The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of 7413 contracts. This was a change of -1584 contracts from the reported data of the previous week.
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 59365 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a weekly change of 325 contracts from the previous totals.
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 56391 contracts. This was a weekly change of 3030 contracts from the data of the previous week.
Article by CountingPips.com
The Commitment of Traders report data is published in raw form every Friday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and shows the futures positions of market participants as of the previous Tuesday (data is reported 3 days behind).
To learn more about this data please visit the CFTC website at http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/CommitmentsofTraders/index.htm
