COT Report: USD, SP500 Mini bets go higher. WTI bets rebound while Metals fall

June 29, 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.

 

Currency Speculators added to US Dollar bullish positions this week

US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $11.03 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 raised their aggregate bullish bets for the US dollar this week. See full article

WTI Crude Oil Speculators sharply raised their bullish bets this week

The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 625,091 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 44,144 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article

Gold Speculators sharply dropped their bullish bets for 2nd week

The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 76,672 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -19,840 contracts from the previous week. See full article

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

The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -355,324 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 4,139 contracts from the previous week. See full article

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S&P500 Mini Speculators raised bullish bets for 4th week

The non-commercial futures contracts of S&P500 Mini futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 197,186 contracts. See full article

Silver Speculators cut back on their bullish net positions for 2nd week

The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 34,221 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -6,681 contracts from the previous totals. See full article

Copper Speculators sharply dropped their bullish net positions for 2nd week

The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 34,045 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -22,266 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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