By CountingPips.com
Here is a short summary and this week’s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes.
– Speculators slightly boosted USD bullish bets last week
– WTI crude oil speculator bets have fallen 2 weeks and by over -50,000 contracts
– The 10-year note speculators added to bullish bets for 2nd week, above +300,000 contracts
– Gold speculative bets fell for 2nd week and by over -53,000 contracts in 2 weeks
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– Silver bets dropped for a 2nd week and to the lowest level in five weeks
– Copper spec bets continued to stay above the +10,000 level for the past three weeks
– Large S&P500 raised bets for 3rd week and into bullish territory
FX Speculators raised US Dollar bullish bets, Euro & Peso bets drop
US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $7.82 billion last week
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 slightly raised their bullish bets for the US dollar last week. See full article
WTI Crude Oil Speculators sharply dropped bullish bets for 2nd week
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 328,764 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a change of -30,235 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article
Gold Speculators sharply reduced bullish net positions for 2nd week
The large speculator contracts of gold futures declined to a total net position of 150,675 contracts. This was a weekly change of -39,599 contracts from the previous week. See full article
10-Year Note Speculators sharply boosted bullish net positions for 2nd week
The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of 345,172 contracts. This was a weekly change of 71,203 contracts from the previous week. See full article
S&P500 Speculators lifted bets into a new bullish position
The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of 1,746 contracts. This was a change of 7,212 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. See full article
Silver Speculators sharply decreased bullish positions, down for 2nd week
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 46,681 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a weekly change of -13,977 contracts from the previous totals. See full article
Copper Speculators decreased bullish net positions
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 12,779 contracts. This was a weekly change of -6,019 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
