By CountingPips.com
Here is this week’s links (below) and short summaries to the latest Commitment of Traders changes that were released on Friday.
- Currency Speculators go bearish on Euro, raise US Dollar Index bets for 17th week
- WTI Crude Oil Speculators reduced their bullish bets for 2nd week
- 10-Year Note Speculator bets surged to new record high bearish position
- Bitcoin Speculators trimmed their bearish net positions this week
- Gold Speculators net positions go bearish for 1st time since 2002
- S&P500 Mini Speculators bullish bets bounced back this week
- Eurodollar Speculators reduced their bearish net positions for 5th week
- VIX Speculators push bearish bets to highest since November 2017
- Silver Speculators dropped their net positions into new bearish level
- Copper Speculators edged their bullish bets slightly higher this week
Currency Speculators go bearish on Euro, raise US Dollar Index bets for 17th week
This week’s data showed 7 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 Friday, showed that large traders and currency speculators continued to increase their bets for the US dollar Index this week while dragging euro bets into a new bearish standing. See full article
WTI Crude Oil Speculators reduced their bullish bets for 2nd week
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 573,428 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a slide of -35,499 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article
Gold Speculators net positions go bearish for 1st time since 2002
The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of -3,688 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -16,376 contracts from the previous week. See full article
10-Year Note Speculator bets surged to new record high bearish position
The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -698,194 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -111,895 contracts from the previous week. See full article
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S&P500 Mini Speculators bullish bets bounced back this week
Large stock market speculators boosted their bullish net positions in the S&P500 Mini futures markets this week. See full article
Silver Speculators dropped their net positions into new bearish level
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of -2,836 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -7,177 contracts from the previous totals. See full article
Copper Speculators edged their bullish bets slightly higher this week
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 3,088 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 898 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
