By CountingPips.com
Here is a short summary and this week’s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes.
– US Dollar Speculators again added to USD bearish bets, lower for 4th week
– WTI Crude Oil Speculator bets down for 5th out of 6 weeks
– 10-Year Note Speculators bullish bets rose to back over +250,000 level
– Gold bets keep going higher for 8th week in a row
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– Large S&P500 Speculators pushed bearish bets higher for 5th week
– Silver Speculator bets once again rose for an 8th straight week
– Copper Speculators pulled back on bets after 8 weeks of gains
Forex Speculators raised US Dollar bearish positions for 4th week
US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-11.57 billion as of Tuesday
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 added to their bearish bets for the US dollar this week. See full article
WTI Crude Oil Speculators trimmed their bullish net positions this week
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 374,480 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a slide of -7,633 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article
Gold Speculators continued to push bullish bets higher this week
The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 254,760 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 9,462 contracts from the previous week. See full article
10-Year Note Speculators raised their bullish net positions this week
The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of 251,679 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 29,873 contracts from the previous week. See full article
Large S&P500 Speculators added to bearish net positions for 5th week
The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of -5,839 contracts. This was a decrease of -1,811 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. See full article
Silver Speculators sharply lifted bullish net positions, up for 8th week
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 74,987 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a weekly gain of 10,816 contracts from the previous totals. See full article
Copper Speculators reduced bullish net positions for 1st time in 9 weeks
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 46,614 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -2,251 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
