COT Report: Specs edge USD Index bets up. Gold, Copper bets rise. WTI Crude bets fall

October 27, 2018

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

  • Forex Speculators edged US Dollar Index bets higher, Euro bets lower. MXN bets drop
  • WTI Crude Oil Speculators reduced their bearish bets for 4th straight week
  • 10-Year Note Speculators continued to sharply decrease their bearish bets
  • Bitcoin Speculators cut back on their bearish bets for 2nd week
  • Gold Speculators pushed their bullish net positions higher
  • S&P500 Mini Speculators raised their bullish bets after last week’s down week
  • VIX Speculators sharply decreased their bearish bets for 3rd week, to lowest since May
  • Silver Speculators sharply reduced their bearish bets for 2nd week
  • Copper Speculators lifted their bullish net positions for 2nd week

Forex Speculators edged US Dollar Index bets higher, Euro bets lower. MXN bets drop

US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at 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 speculators continued to slightly add to their bullish bets for the US Dollar Index while sharply betting against the Mexican peso this week. See full article

WTI Crude Oil Speculators reduced their bearish bets for 4th straight week

The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 455,278 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a slide of -37,951 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article

Gold Speculators pushed their bullish net positions higher this week

The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 29,388 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 11,721 contracts from the previous week. See full article

10-Year Note Speculators continued to sharply decrease their bearish bets

The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -544,033 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 71,937 contracts from the previous week. See full article

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S&P500 Mini Speculators raised their bullish bets after last week’s down week

The large speculator contracts of S&P500 Mini futures totaled a net position of 239,372 contracts. This was a rise of 12,580 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. See full article

Silver Speculators sharply reduced their bearish bets for 2nd week

The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of -5,179 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 9,648 contracts from the previous totals. See full article

Copper Speculators lifted their bullish net positions for 2nd week

The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 9,347 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 429 contracts from the data of the previous week. See full article

Article by CountingPips.com – Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email

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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