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S&P500 Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large stock market speculators raised their bullish net positions in the S&P500 futures markets for a third straight week this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
The non-commercial futures contracts of S&P500 futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 4,584 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday December 12th. This was a weekly lift of 3,559 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 1,025 net contracts.
Speculative positions have risen by almost +7,000 net contracts in the past three weeks and have boosted the overall net position to the highest level since April 4th when net positions totaled +7,382 contracts.
S&P500 Commercial Positions:
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The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of 4,048 contracts on the week. This was a weekly uptick of 3,644 contracts from the total net of 404 contracts reported the previous week.
SPY ETF:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the SPY ETF, which tracks the price of S&P500 Index, closed at approximately $266.78 which was a boost of $3.59 from the previous close of $263.19, according to unofficial market data.
*COT Report: The COT data, released weekly to the public each Friday, is updated through the most recent Tuesday (data is 3 days old) and shows a quick view of how large speculators or non-commercials (for-profit traders) as well as the commercial traders (hedgers & traders for business purposes) were positioned in the futures markets. The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders/speculators). Find CFTC criteria here: (http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/CommitmentsofTraders/ExplanatoryNotes/index.htm).
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