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Here is a short summary and this week’s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes.
– US Dollar Speculators continued to decrease USD bets lower for 5th week, net short for 2nd week
– WTI Crude Oil Speculator bets advanced for a 4th week
– 10-Year Note Speculators trimmed bullish bets , down 4 out of 5 weeks
– Gold bets rebounded sharply this week
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– S&P500 Speculators add to bullish bets, up 7 out of the past 8 weeks
– Silver Speculator bets rebounded after 6 down weeks
– Copper bets continue higher, up 4th out of the past 5 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 continued to decrease their buying of the US dollar this week. See full article
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 423,338 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a lift of 26,879 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article
The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 90,831 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 30,693 contracts from the previous week. See full article
The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of 280,684 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -1,645 contracts from the previous week. See full article
The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of 1,989 contracts. This was a rise of 710 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. See full article
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 19,417 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a weekly gain of 10,041 contracts from the previous totals. See full article
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 24,257 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 8,927 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
