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CFTC S&P 500 speculative net positions

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Jan 17, 2025

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The Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) report provides a breakdown of the net positions for "non-commercial" (speculative) traders in U.S. futures markets.
All data corresponds to positions held by participants primarily based in Chicago and New York futures markets.
The Commitments of Traders report is considered an indicator for analyzing market sentiment and many speculative traders use the data to help them decide whether or not to take a long or short position.
Commitments of Traders (COT) data is released each Friday at 3:30pm Eastern Time, pending a holiday in the U.S., to reflect the commitments of traders on the prior Tuesday.

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Release Date	Time	Actual	Previous
Jan 24, 2025	15:30		-30.5K
Jan 17, 2025	15:30	-30.5K	-62.2K
Jan 13, 2025	15:30	-62.2K	-56.8K
Jan 06, 2025	15:30	-56.8K	-63.8K
Dec 30, 2024	15:30	-63.8K	-39.9K
Dec 20, 2024	15:30	-39.9K	-83.3K

News

CFTC: Speculators More Bullish on S&P 500, Crude Oil By Investing.com - Jun 29, 2018 14

Investing.com - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released its weekly Commitments of Traders report for the week ending June 26 on Friday. Speculative positioning in the CME and ICE currency,...

CFTC - Commitments of Traders: Speculators Significantly Less Bullish on Euro By Investing.com - Jun 22, 2018 4

Investing.com - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released its weekly Commitments of Traders report for the week ending June 19 on Friday. Speculative positioning in the CME and ICE currency,...

CFTC: Speculators Less Bullish on Euro, Crude Oil; More Bullish on S&P 500 By Investing.com - Jun 08, 2018 11

Investing.com - The Commodity Futures Trading Commission released its weekly Commitments of Traders report for the week ending June 5 on Friday. Speculative positioning in the CME and ICE currency,...

Analysis

Commodities Week Ahead: Dark Clouds Over Oil; Gold At A Crossroads By Barani Krishnan - Sep 28, 2020 10

From OPEC, the oil exporters’ cartel, to Vitol, the energy trading powerhouse, the verdict seems to be the same: dark clouds are gathering over the crude market.What isn’t clear is what...

S&P 500 Mini Speculators Lifted Bullish Bets By Zachary Storella - May 26, 2019

S&P500 Mini Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large stock market speculators increased their bullish net positions in the S&P500 Mini futures markets this week, according to the latest...

S&P500 Mini Speculators Trim Their Bullish Bets This Week By Zachary Storella - May 19, 2019 1

S&P500 Mini Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large stock market speculators decreased their bullish net positions in the S&P500 Mini futures markets this week, according to the latest...

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龙让徐 Jun 18, 2024 9:08AM ET

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Why is the date of between January 2019 excepted?

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Ray Rad Jan 18, 2018 12:27PM ET

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Does this include both /ES and /SP, weighted for value, added together? Or just /ES? Also, are the "Commercial Hedgers" exactly opposite in position to the speculators (i.e. positive when the given value is negative, and vice versa)?

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Bruce Knapp Jul 07, 2015 5:48PM ET

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Which specific CFTC report are you using for this input?

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Got to CFTC link on calendar. Under Current Legacy Reports open "Short Format" from the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Scroll down to the the E-Mini S&P 500 Stock Index data. Subtract Short Commitments from Long Commitments. There's your numbet

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Hello there, I understand the The COT is considered an indicator for analyzing market sentiment and many speculative traders use the data to help them decide whether or not to take a long or short position. So when the actual is higher then previous, what does this indication mean?Thank you very much for answering my question.

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it means total net long OR short positions have been added to. for example, say gold goes from 200k to 220k we could say the market has turned more bullish as 20k new longs have been added. the market is essentially 10% more long (20/200). it is also bullish since it is above 0. if we saw longs change from 200k to -100k then we would say that the market is now bearish since it has lost 300k in longs the market is 100k net SHORT.

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if we see -100k to -150k then the market is MORE bearish since we have added 50k shorts.. . these changes may imply price changes but rememebr that the cftc data has a week lag the prints are for the week before. using these to trade should be for longer term trades or sentiment guides.. . use the data in conjunction with other factors..

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