{"id":113810,"date":"2017-09-30T11:19:12","date_gmt":"2017-09-30T15:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=113810"},"modified":"2017-09-30T11:19:12","modified_gmt":"2017-09-30T15:19:12","slug":"cot-report-us-dollar-bets-fall-again-metals-cool-off-while-crude-bets-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/09\/cot-report-us-dollar-bets-fall-again-metals-cool-off-while-crude-bets-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: US Dollar bets fall again. Metals cool off while Crude bets rise"},"content":{"rendered":"
September 30, 2017<\/div>
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By CountingPips.com<\/b><\/p>\n

Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes.<\/p>\n

–\u00a0US Dollar<\/strong>\u00a0Speculators continued to raise USD bearish bets for 6th week<\/p>\n

–\u00a0WTI Crude Oil<\/strong>\u00a0Speculator bets went higher for a 2nd week<\/p>\n

–\u00a010-Year Note<\/strong>\u00a0Speculators pulled back on bullish bets after 2 higher weeks<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Gold<\/strong>\u00a0bets fell sharply for 2nd week after 8 weeks of gains<\/p>

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– Large\u00a0S&P500<\/strong>\u00a0Speculators pushed bullish bets slightly higher this week<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Silver<\/strong>\u00a0Speculator bets fell for 2nd week following 8 weeks of gains<\/p>\n

–\u00a0Copper<\/strong>\u00a0Speculators dropped bets for a 3rd straight week after a strong run<\/p>\n

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Currency Speculators raise bets against US Dollar for 6th week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-17.36 billion as of\u00a0Tuesday<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n

The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)\u00a0on Friday<\/span><\/span>, showed that large traders and currency speculators continued to increase their bearish bets against the US dollar last week.\u00a0See full article<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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WTI Crude Oil Speculators lifted their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 454,108 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a lift of 36,034 contracts from the previous weekly total.\u00a0See full article<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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Gold Speculators sharply lowered their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 212,594 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -23,495 contracts from the previous week.\u00a0See full article<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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10-Year Note Speculators cut back on their net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of 256,626 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -13,494 contracts from the previous week.\u00a0See full article<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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S&P500 Speculators advanced their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of 1,082 contracts. This was a rise of 213 contracts from the reported data of the previous week.\u00a0See full article<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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Silver Speculators lowered their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 60,260 contracts, according to data from last week. This was a weekly fall of -7,543 contracts from the previous totals.\u00a0See full article<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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Copper Speculators cut back on their bullish net positions for 3rd week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 30,136 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -2,451 contracts from the data of the previous week.\u00a0See full article<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n

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Article by\u00a0CountingPips.com<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

The Commitment of Traders report data is published in raw form every\u00a0Friday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and shows the futures positions of market participants as of the previous\u00a0Tuesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0(data is reported 3 days behind).<\/i><\/p>\n

To learn more about this data please visit the CFTC website at\u00a0http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/index.htm<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

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By CountingPips.com Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes. –\u00a0US Dollar\u00a0Speculators continued to raise USD bearish bets for 6th week –\u00a0WTI Crude Oil\u00a0Speculator bets went higher for a 2nd week –\u00a010-Year Note\u00a0Speculators pulled back on bullish bets after 2 higher weeks –\u00a0Gold\u00a0bets fell sharply for […]<\/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-113810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113810","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=113810"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113851,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113810\/revisions\/113851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}