By CountingPips.com
Here is a short summary and this week’s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes.
– US Dollar Speculators are now net short for the 1st time in 14 months
– WTI Crude Oil Speculator bets gained for a 3rd week to best level since April
– 10-Year Note Speculators boosted their bullish bets for 1st time in 4 weeks
– Gold bets edged lower for a 6th weekly decline
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– S&P500 Speculators trimmed bullish bets but in positive territory for the 5th straight week
– Silver Spec rout continues for a 6th week, now under +10,000 contract level
– Copper bets rose 3rd out of the past 4 weeks, above the +10,000 level for 7th week
Currency Speculators go short US Dollar bets for 1st time in 14 months
US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-1.91 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 reduced their bets for the US dollar for a fourth straight week and into an overall short position for the first time in approximately fourteen months. See full article
WTI Crude Oil Speculators push bullish bets to best level since April
The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 396,459 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a lift of 38,434 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article
Gold Speculators edged bullish bets lower, down for 6th week
The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 60,138 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -122 contracts from the previous week. See full article
10-Year Note Speculators raised bullish bets for 1st time in 4 weeks
The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of 282,329 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 25,302 contracts from the previous week. See full article
S&P500 Speculators cut back on bullish bets for 1st time in 7 weeks
The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of 1,279 contracts. This was a decrease of -1,348 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. See full article
Silver Speculators continued to decrease bullish net positions for 6th week
The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 9,376 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a weekly fall of -4,629 contracts from the previous totals. See full article
Copper Speculators added to bullish net positions for 3rd out of past 4 weeks
The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 15,330 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 3,324 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
