{"id":104227,"date":"2017-04-01T15:08:09","date_gmt":"2017-04-01T19:08:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=104227"},"modified":"2017-04-01T17:45:42","modified_gmt":"2017-04-01T21:45:42","slug":"cot-report-us-dollar-wti-crude-spec-bets-fall-gold-silver-copper-bets-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/04\/cot-report-us-dollar-wti-crude-spec-bets-fall-gold-silver-copper-bets-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: US Dollar, WTI Crude Spec bets fall. Gold, Silver, Copper bets rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1142502682\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">April 1, 2017<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By CountingPips.com<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This week&#8217;s COT results showed that Speculators reduced their bullish bets of the <strong>US dollar<\/strong> last week for the first time in four weeks, although bullish positions remain above +$15 billion for the fourth week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In the other major markets, <strong>WTI Crude<\/strong> speculators continued to pare their bullish bets for the fifth week from their record high bullish position on February 21st.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>10-year note<\/strong> speculators, for a fourth straight week, decreased their bearish bets after reaching a record high short position of over -400,000 contracts a month ago.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>In metals, <strong>gold<\/strong> speculators boosted their bullish bets higher for a 2nd week while <strong>silver<\/strong> and <strong>copper<\/strong> speculative bets rebounded after trending down in recent weeks.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Finally, <strong>S&amp;P500<\/strong> speculators continued to push their bullish bets higher in S&amp;P500 futures for a seventh straight week.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/speculators-cooled-off-their-us-dollar-bullish-bets-for-1st-time-in-4-weeks\/\">Speculators cooled off their US Dollar bullish bets for 1st time in 4 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-12.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104236\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104236\" title=\"image-12-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $15.27 billion last week<\/h3>\n<p>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 bullish bets for the US dollar last week following three straight weeks of rises.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/speculators-cooled-off-their-us-dollar-bullish-bets-for-1st-time-in-4-weeks\/\" target=\"_blank\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-drop-bullish-net-positions-for-5th-week\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators drop bullish net positions for 5th week<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-16.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104244\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104244\" title=\"image-16-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 398,080 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a decline\u00a0of -20,437 contracts from the previous weekly total.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-drop-bullish-net-positions-for-5th-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/gold-speculators-raised-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week-to-4-week-high\/\">Gold Speculators raised bullish net positions for 2nd week to 4 week high<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-19.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104249\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104249\" title=\"image-19-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-19.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of gold futures advanced to a total net position of 137,820 contracts. This was a weekly gain\u00a0of 21,568 contracts from the previous week.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/gold-speculators-raised-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week-to-4-week-high\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/10-year-treasury-note-speculators-cut-their-bearish-net-positions-for-4th-week\/\">10 Year Treasury Note Speculators cut their bearish net positions for 4th week<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-20.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104250\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104250\" title=\"image-20-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-20.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -69,419 contracts. This was a weekly change of 30,935 contracts from the previous week.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/10-year-treasury-note-speculators-cut-their-bearish-net-positions-for-4th-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p><div id=\"inves-2834685888\" class=\"inves-in-content inves-entity-placement\"><hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads_header\">\r\n<p style=\"font-size:10px; float:left; color:#666;\">Free Reports:<\/p><\/div>\r\n<div id=\"inpost_ads\"> \r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/graph_techs_PD.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t     <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/1ApBOV\"><b><u>Get Our Free Metatrader 4 Indicators<\/u><\/b><\/a> - Put Our Free MetaTrader 4 Custom Indicators on your charts when you join our Weekly Newsletter<\/p><br><br>\r\n<br>\r\n<br>\r\n<p style=\"font-size:15px; float:left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/investmacro.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/cot_pie_80.png\" align=\"left\" width=\"80\"  height=\"55\"\/><\/a>\r\n\t    <a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/f3RrHX\"><b><u>Get our Weekly Commitment of Traders Reports<\/u><\/b><\/a> - See where the biggest traders (Hedge Funds and Commercial Hedgers) are positioned in the futures markets on a weekly basis.<\/p><br><br>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<hr style=\"border: 1px solid #ddd;\">\r\n<br><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/large-sp500-speculators-pushed-bullish-net-positions-higher-for-7th-week\/\">Large S&amp;P500 Speculators pushed bullish net positions higher for 7th week<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-22.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104252\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104252\" title=\"image-22-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of S&amp;P 500 futures totaled a net position of 12,370 contracts. This was a rise\u00a0of 2,427 contracts from the reported data of the previous week.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/large-sp500-speculators-pushed-bullish-net-positions-higher-for-7th-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/silver-speculators-sharply-boosted-bullish-net-positions-last-week\/\">Silver Speculators sharply boosted bullish net positions last week<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-24.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104254\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104254\" title=\"image-24-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 90,688 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a weekly jump\u00a0of 11,576 contracts from the previous totals.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/silver-speculators-sharply-boosted-bullish-net-positions-last-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/copper-speculator-bets-rebounded-after-falling-previous-7-weeks\/\">Copper Speculator bets rebounded after falling previous 7 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-26.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-104256\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-104256\" title=\"image-26-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 29,865 contracts. This was a weekly advance\u00a0of 8,195 contracts from the data of the previous week.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/copper-speculator-bets-rebounded-after-falling-previous-7-weeks\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Article by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/CountingPips.com\">CountingPips.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>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).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To learn more about this data please visit the CFTC website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/index.htm\">http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/index.htm<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CountingPips.com Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes. This week&#8217;s COT results showed that Speculators reduced their bullish bets of the US dollar last week for the first time in four weeks, although bullish positions remain above +$15 billion for the fourth week. 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