{"id":105119,"date":"2017-04-22T14:18:36","date_gmt":"2017-04-22T18:18:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=105119"},"modified":"2017-04-22T17:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-04-22T21:30:29","slug":"cot-report-us-dollar-bets-edge-higher-while-gold-wti-crude-bets-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/04\/cot-report-us-dollar-bets-edge-higher-while-gold-wti-crude-bets-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: US Dollar bets edge higher while Gold &#038; WTI Crude bets rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1809142285\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">April 22, 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>Speculators slightly edged their bullish bets of the <strong>US dollar<\/strong> higher last week for a second week although the recent weekly changes have been subdued and the overall level has remained in a very tight range<\/li>\n<li><strong>WTI Crude<\/strong> speculators increased their bullish bets for a third week and to the highest level since March<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>10-year note speculators<\/strong> once again decreased their bearish bets after notching a record high short position on February 28th<\/li>\n<li><strong>Gold<\/strong> speculators sharply boosted their bullish bets higher for the 5th week<\/li>\n<li><strong>Silver<\/strong> bets fell from their record high bullish position last week after 3 straight weeks of gains<\/li>\n<li><strong>Copper<\/strong> speculative bets continue their decline for the 10th out of the last 11 weeks<\/li>\n<li>Large <strong>S&amp;P500 speculators<\/strong> trimmed bullish bets in S&amp;P500 futures for a third week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/speculators-slightly-raised-us-dollar-bullish-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">Speculators slightly raised US Dollar bullish positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-89.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105124\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105124\" title=\"image-89-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-89.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<h3>US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $15.34 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 slightly added to\u00a0their bullish bets for the US dollar last week for a second straight week.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/speculators-slightly-raised-us-dollar-bullish-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-raised-net-positions-for-3rd-straight-week\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators raised net positions for 3rd straight week<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-90.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105127\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105127\" title=\"image-90-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-90.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 443,883 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a rise\u00a0of 6,840 contracts from the previous weekly total.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-raised-net-positions-for-3rd-straight-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/gold-speculators-boosted-their-bullish-net-positions-for-5th-week\/\">Gold Speculators boosted their 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-92.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105130\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105130\" title=\"image-92-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-92.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of gold futures advanced to a total net position of 195,768 contracts. This was a weekly gain\u00a0of 23,102 contracts from the previous week.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/gold-speculators-boosted-their-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\/10-year-treasury-note-speculators-decreased-their-net-bearish-positions\/\">10 Year Treasury Note Speculators decreased their net bearish positions<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-94.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105132\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105132\" title=\"image-94-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-94.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -41,300 contracts. This was a weekly change of 23,229 contracts from the previous week.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/10-year-treasury-note-speculators-decreased-their-net-bearish-positions\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p><div id=\"inves-2153045764\" 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-decreased-their-net-positions-for-3rd-week\/\">Large S&amp;P500 Speculators decreased their net positions for 3rd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-95.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105133\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105133\" title=\"image-95-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-95.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of S&amp;P 500 futures totaled a net position of 2,463 contracts. This was a decline\u00a0of -2,104 contracts from the reported data of the previous week.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/large-sp500-speculators-decreased-their-net-positions-for-3rd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/silver-speculators-trimmed-their-bullish-net-positions-last-week\/\">Silver Speculators trimmed their 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-97.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105135\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105135\" title=\"image-97-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-97.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 103,887 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a weekly decline\u00a0of -1,628 contracts from the previous totals.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/silver-speculators-trimmed-their-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-speculators-continued-to-drop-their-bullish-net-positions\/\">Copper Speculators continued to drop their bullish net positions<\/a><\/h2>\n<h2><a style=\"font-size: 16px;\" href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-98.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-105136\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105136\" title=\"image-98-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/image-98.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/h2>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 16,043 contracts. This was a weekly drop\u00a0of -9,802 contracts from the data of the previous week.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/04\/copper-speculators-continued-to-drop-their-bullish-net-positions\/\">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<p>&nbsp;<\/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. Speculators slightly edged their bullish bets of the US dollar higher last week for a second week although the recent weekly changes have been subdued and the overall level has remained in a very tight range [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-105119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105119"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105158,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105119\/revisions\/105158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}