COT Weekly: USD bearish bets fall. Gold bets jump & WTI Crude, SP500 bets rise.

March 31, 2018

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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.

  • US Dollar speculators trimmed their bearish bets. Yen, GBP, Peso bet jump. CAD drops
  • Bitcoin Speculators added to their bearish net positions this week
  • WTI Crude Oil Speculators advanced their bullish net positions for 2nd week
  • 10-Year Note Speculators slightly trimmed bearish net positions this week
  • Gold Speculators bullish positions spiked higher this week
  • VIX Speculators slightly raised their bullish net positions this week
  • S&P500 Mini Speculators sharply boosted bullish net positions this week
  • Silver Speculators raised their bearish net positions this week
  • Copper Speculators sharply reduced bullish net positions, down for 3rd week

FX Speculators edged US Dollar bearish bets lower. Yen, GBP, Peso bets jump

US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-21.73 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 trimmed their bearish bets for the US dollar this week.. See full article

WTI Crude Oil Speculators advanced their bullish net positions for 2nd week

The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 715,770 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 12,062 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article

Gold Speculators bullish positions spiked higher this week

The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 203,354 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 54,623 contracts from the previous week. See full article

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10-Year Note Speculators slightly trimmed bearish net positions this week

The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -305,212 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 8,092 contracts from the previous week. See full article

S&P500 Mini Speculators sharply boosted bullish net positions this week

The non-commercial futures contracts of S&P500 Mini futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 226,803 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday March 27th. See full article

Silver Speculators raised their bearish net positions this week

The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of -13,657 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -1,141 contracts from the previous totals. See full article

Copper Speculators sharply reduced bullish net positions, down for 3rd week

The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 19,187 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -11,674 contracts from the data of the previous week. See full article

By CountingPips.com – Get our weekly COT Reports by Email

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

 

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