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Here is a short summary and this week’s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes that was released on Friday.
Speculators push US Dollar to most bearish position since late October
WTI Crude Oil Speculators continued to push record bullish level higher
10-Year Note Speculative bullish positions rebounded after huge drop last week
Gold Speculators bullish net positions dropped sharply fell for 2nd week
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Silver Speculators dropped bets sharply again this week, down for 4th week
Copper Speculators slightly added to bullish net positions this week
Large S&P500 Speculators boosted bullish bets to highest level since April 4th
The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, showed that large forex traders and currency speculators increased their bearishness in the US dollar for a fourth straight week while betting strongly for the euro. See full article
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 614,497 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 3,369 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article
The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 107,068 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -66,261 contracts from the previous week. See full article
The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of 44,741 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 30,396 contracts from the previous week. See full article
The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of 4,584 contracts. This was a rise of 3,559 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. See full article
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 9,914 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -21,512 contracts from the previous totals. See full article
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 27,754 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 1,101 contracts from the data of the previous week. See full article
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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
