COT Report: USD bets rise 6th week. 10YR bearish bets go record. SP500, VIX, WTI bets fall

June 2, 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.

 

Forex Speculators cut US Dollar bearish positions for 6th week

US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-4.85 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 continued to reduce their aggregate bearish bets for the US dollar this week. See full article

WTI Crude Oil Speculators pared their bullish net positions for 6th week

The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 607,828 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a slide of -25,558 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article

Gold Speculator bets sharply rebounded this week

The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 115,130 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 24,173 contracts from the previous week. See full article

10-Year Note Speculators strongly raised bearish bets to new record high

The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -471,067 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -112,440 contracts from the previous week. See full article

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S&P500 Mini Speculators reduced bullish bets for 2nd straight week

The large speculator futures contracts of S&P500 Mini futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 124,079 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday May 29th. See full article

Silver Speculators boost bullish net positions higher for 4th week

The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 17,453 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 2,228 contracts from the previous totals. See full article

Copper Speculators edged their bullish net positions lower this week

The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 37,600 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -1,412 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

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