S&P 500 Mini Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large stock speculators decreased their bullish net positions in the S&P 500 Mini Futures markets again this week, 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 S&P500 Mini futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 96,339 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday February 27th. This was a weekly decline of -16,992 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 113,331 net contracts.
Speculative positions have declined for three straight weeks and have now fallen under the +100,000 net positions for the first time in seven weeks. The spec position has dropped by -189,875 net contracts over the past three weeks following a huge gain on February 6th by +113,370 contracts.
S&P500 Mini Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -148,566 contracts on the week. This was a weekly uptick of 19,245 contracts from the total net of -167,811 contracts reported the previous week.
SPY (NYSE:SPY) ETF:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:SPY), which tracks the price of S&P 500 Index, closed at approximately $274.43 which was an uptick of $3.03 from the previous close of $271.4, according to unofficial market data.