By CountingPips.com
Here is a short summary and this week’s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes.
Speculators just barely edged their bullish bets of the US dollar lower last week as the recent weekly changes remain subdued
WTI Crude speculators sharply dropped their bullish bets last week following three weeks of gains
The 10-year note speculators dramatically reversed their positions to a new net bullish position with a huge weekly jump in bullish bets (+255,942 gain in bets last week)
Gold speculators continued to boost their bullish bets higher for the 6th week and to highest level since November
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Silver bets declined for a second straight week after reaching a record high bullish position on April 11th
Copper speculative bets continued to drop for the 11th out of the last 12 weeks
Large S&P500 speculative bets rebounded after three down weeks
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 just barely reduced their bullish bets for the US dollar last week. See full article
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 411,822 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a drop of -32,061 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article
The large speculator contracts of gold futures advanced to a total net position of 200,677 contracts. This was a weekly rise of 4,909 contracts from the previous week. See full article
The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net bullish position of 214,642 contracts. This was a weekly turnaround of 255,942 contracts from the previous week. See full article
The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of 4,238 contracts. This was a rise of 1,775 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. See full article
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 93,613 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a weekly decline of -10,274 contracts from the previous totals. See full article
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 12,458 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -3,585 contracts from the data of the previous week. See full article
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
