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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. Have a wonderful weekend.
Speculators raise US Dollar bearish bets for 2nd week, Euro bets at record high
Bitcoin Speculators push bearish net positions to highest in ten weeks
WTI Crude Oil Speculators pushed their bullish net positions higher this week
10-Year Note Speculators boosted their bearish net positions this week
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Eurodollar Speculators raised their bearish net positions for 4th week
Gold Speculators lifted their bullish net positions after 2 down weeks
S&P500 Mini Speculators edged bullish net positions higher this week
Silver Speculators sharply reduced their bearish bets
VIX Speculators cut back on their bullish net positions this week
Copper Speculators boosted their bullish net positions for 3rd week
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 increased their aggregate bearish bets for the US dollar this week. Meanwhile, in the individual currency contracts this week, speculators pushed their bullish bets to a new record high level. See full article
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 728,131 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 21,051 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article
The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 163,069 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 7,697 contracts from the previous week. See full article
The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -371,689 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -41,054 contracts from the previous week. See full article
Large stock market speculators slightly raised their bullish net positions in the S&P500 Mini futures markets this week. See full article
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of -87 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 14,746 contracts from the previous totals. See full article
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 23,706 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 2,796 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
