COT Report: 10-YR bearish bets set Record. USD Index, Crude, Gold & SPMini bets rise

July 9, 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 Monday (delayed due to last week’s holiday).

Currency Speculators raised US Dollar Index, Peso bets. Cut CAD, GBP, NZD bets

Last week’s data showed 5 out of 8 major currency levels are bearish

The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday due to the 4th of July holiday, showed that large traders and currency speculators raised their bets again for the US dollar index this week while sharply betting against the Canadian dollar and the New Zealand dollar. See full article

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

The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 656,720 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 31,629 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article

Gold Speculators slightly advanced their bullish bets after 2 down weeks

The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 78,327 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 1,655 contracts from the previous week. See full article

10-Year Note Speculators raised bearish bets to new record level

The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -500,076 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -144,752 contracts from the previous week. See full article

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S&P500 Mini Speculators reduced bullish bets for 1st time in 5 weeks

Large stock market speculators cut back on their bullish net positions in the S&P500 Mini futures markets last week. See full article

Silver Speculators decreased bullish net positions again this week

The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 24,682 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -9,539 contracts from the previous totals. See full article

Copper Speculators cut back on their bullish net positions for 3rd week

The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 25,505 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -8,540 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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