S&P 500 Mini Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large stock market speculators advanced their bullish net positions in the S&P 500 Mini futures markets 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&P 500 Mini futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 144,469 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday August 28th. This was a weekly lift of 20,287 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 124,182 net contracts.
This week’s rebound in bullish bets follows the sharp decline of last week that was the highest weekly drop since late May. The overall bullish standing remains under the +150,000 contract level for a second consecutive week after eleven weeks above that threshold.
S&P 500 Mini Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -256,387 contracts on the week. This was a weekly drop of -17,622 contracts from the total net of -238,765 contracts reported the previous week.
SPY (NYSE:SPY) ETF:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the SPY ETF, which tracks the price of S&P 500 Index, closed at approximately $289.92 which was an uptick of $3.58 from the previous close of $286.34, according to unofficial market data.