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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.
- Forex Speculators upped their US Dollar bearish bets for a 2nd week
- WTI Crude Oil Speculators lifted bullish bets for 1st time in 8 weeks
- 10-Year Note Speculators sharply trimmed bearish bets for 2nd week
- Gold Speculators increased their bullish net positions for 2nd time in 3 weeks
- Bitcoin Speculators slightly edged their net bearish positions higher
- S&P500 Mini Speculators raised bullish net positions for 2nd week
- Eurodollar Speculators continued to trim their bearish net positions for 5th week
- VIX Speculators boosted their bearish net positions further this week
- Silver Speculators sharply raised their bullish bets, gains for 6th week
- Copper Speculators sharply advanced their bullish bets this week
Forex Speculators upped their US Dollar bearish bets for a 2nd week
US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-7.42 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 increased their aggregate bearish bets for the US dollar again this week. See full article
WTI Crude Oil Speculators lifted bullish bets for 1st time in 8 weeks
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 595,293 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 11,717 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article
Gold Speculators increased their bullish net positions for 2nd time in 3 weeks
The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 120,240 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 8,824 contracts from the previous week. See full article
10-Year Note Speculators sharply trimmed bearish bets for 2nd week
The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -335,994 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 61,552 contracts from the previous week. See full article
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S&P500 Mini Speculators raised bullish net positions for 2nd week
Commercials continue to push their bearish bets higher as this week’s level is the highest bearish position we have on record. See full article
Silver Speculators sharply raised their bullish bets, gains for 6th week
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 49,730 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 30,296 contracts from the previous totals. See full article
Copper Speculators sharply advanced their bullish bets this week
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 70,537 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 22,830 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
