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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 sharply cut Euro & Pound bets, raised Peso, Franc & USD Index bets
- 10-Year Note Speculators pared their bearish bets from record position
- WTI Crude Oil Speculators edged their bullish bets lower after 2 strong weeks
- Bitcoin Speculators edged their bearish net positions lower
- Gold Speculators increased bullish net positions for 2nd week
- S&P500 Mini Speculators advanced their bullish net positions
- Eurodollar Speculators boosted their bearish net positions for 2nd week
- VIX Speculators added to their bearish net positions
- Silver Speculators dropped their bullish bets for 4th week
- Copper Speculators continued to reduce their bullish bets again
Currency Speculators sharply cut Euro & Pound bets, raised Peso, Franc & USD Index bets
US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $16.41 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 bets for the US dollar this week. See full article
WTI Crude Oil Speculators edged their bullish bets lower after 2 strong weeks
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 654,465 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a slide of -2,255 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article
Gold Speculators increased bullish net positions for 2nd week
The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 81,434 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 3,107 contracts from the previous week. See full article
10-Year Note Speculators pared their bearish bets from record position
The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -439,148 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 60,928 contracts from the previous week. See full article
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Silver Speculators dropped their bullish bets for 4th week
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 23,699 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -983 contracts from the previous totals. See full article
Copper Speculators continued to reduce their bullish bets again this week
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 14,183 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -11,322 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
