COT Report: USD Index bets rise for 15th week. 10-YR hits new bearish record

August 4, 2018

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Here is this week’s links (below) and short summaries to the latest Commitment of Traders changes that were released on Friday.


Currency Speculators raised US Dollar Index bets for 15th week

US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $20.06 billion as of Tuesday

The latest aggregate US dollar position – totals of the US dollar contracts against the combined contracts of the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc – showed that large traders and currency speculators edged their overall bets lower to a total $20.06 billion bullish position. See full article


WTI Crude Oil Speculators edged their bullish bets higher

The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 613,400 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 2,929 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article


Gold Speculators cut back on their bullish bets for 3rd week

The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 35,337 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -13,260 contracts from the previous week. See full article


10-Year Note Speculators boosted record bearish bets higher this week

The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -590,128 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -80,630 contracts from the previous week. See full article


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Silver Speculator bullish bets see small gain after 6 down weeks

The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 5,864 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 2,326 contracts from the previous totals. See full article


Copper Speculators slightly cut back on their bullish bets this week

The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 8,224 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -1,143 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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