COT Report: USD Index bets cool off. Gold, Silver, Copper & VIX bets slide

September 8, 2018

By CountingPips.com

Here are this week’s links to the latest Commitment of Traders data changes that were released on Friday.

  • Currency Speculators reduced US Dollar Index bets for 1st time in 20 weeks
  • WTI Crude Oil Speculators added to their bullish net positions for 2nd week
  • 10-Year Note Speculators rebooted their bearish net positions
  • Bitcoin Speculators edged their bearish net positions lower
  • Gold Speculators pushed their bets more bearish this week
  • S&P500 Mini Speculators lifted their bullish bets for 2nd week
  • Eurodollar Speculators increased their bearish net positions for 2nd week
  • VIX Speculators pushed their bearish net positions higher for 2nd week
  • Silver Speculators sharply raised their bearish net positions
  • Copper Speculators pushed bets back into an overall bearish position

Currency Speculators reduced US Dollar Index bets for 1st time in 20 weeks

US Dollar Index net speculator positions fell this week

The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday, showed that large speculators cut back on their bets for the US Dollar Index futures markets this week for the first time in twenty weeks. See full article


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

The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 565,730 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 15,417 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article


Gold Speculators pushed their bets more bearish this week

The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of -13,497 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -10,434 contracts from the previous week. See full article


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

The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -682,757 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -152,937 contracts from the previous week. See full article


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S&P500 Mini Speculators lifted their bullish bets for 2nd week

The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of 3,373 contracts. This was a rise of 1,982 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. See full article


Silver Speculators sharply raised their bearish net positions this week

The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of -28,974 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -12,376 contracts from the previous totals. See full article


Copper Speculators pushed bets back into an overall bearish position

The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of -5,977 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -6,268 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

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