Bitcoin Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large cryptocurrency speculators nudged their bearish net positions up a tick this week in the Bitcoin futures markets, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
The non-commercial futures contracts of Bitcoin futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of -1,679 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday May 29th. This was a weekly decrease of -20 contracts from the previous week which had a total of -1,659 net contracts.
Speculators had decreased their bearish positions last week by 215 contracts.
Small traders, meanwhile, edged their existing bullish positions higher this week by an equally offsetting +20 contracts to the current level of 1,679 net contracts.
Bitcoin Futures COT Data: Speculators vs Small Traders
The Bitcoin futures data is in its twenty-fourth week since the beginning of the cryptocurrency futures data releases on December 19th. The data includes trader classifications of only speculators and small traders and without commercial traders (typically business hedgers or producers of a commodity).
Speculators are on the bearish side as they have been since the beginning of the bitcoin data releases while the small traders continue to be on the bullish side of this market.
Bitcoin per USD:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the Bitcoin Cryptocurrency Futures closed at approximately $7490.64 which was a decline of $-580.39 from the previous close of $8071.03, according to unofficial market data.