{"id":115586,"date":"2017-10-28T14:06:18","date_gmt":"2017-10-28T18:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=115586"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:53:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:53:36","slug":"cot-report-specs-drop-usd-bearish-bets-crude-10yr-sp500-silver-copper-bets-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/10\/cot-report-specs-drop-usd-bearish-bets-crude-10yr-sp500-silver-copper-bets-up\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: Specs drop USD bearish bets. Crude, 10YR, SP500, Silver, Copper bets up"},"content":{"rendered":"
October 28, 2017<\/div>
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By CountingPips.com<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

– Currency Speculators<\/strong> cut US Dollar bearish positions for 4th week<\/p>\n

– WTI Crude Oil<\/strong> Speculators raised their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/p>\n

– Gold<\/strong> Speculators cut back on their bullish net positions this week<\/p>\n

– 10-Year Note<\/strong> Speculators lifted their bullish net positions for 1st time in 5 weeks<\/p>

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– S&P500<\/strong> Speculators advanced their net positions for 3rd week<\/p>\n

– Silver<\/strong> Speculators raised their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/p>\n

– Copper<\/strong> Speculators lifted their bullish net positions for 4th week<\/p>\n

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Currency Speculators cut US Dollar bearish positions for 4th week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-8.02 billion as of Tuesday<\/h3>\n

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 continued to reduce their bearish bets for the US dollar this week. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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WTI Crude Oil Speculators raised 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 446,827 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 17,302 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gold Speculators cut back on their bullish net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 191,385 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -9,339 contracts from the previous week. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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10-Year Note Speculators lifted their bullish net positions for 1st time in 5 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of 153,597 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 47,306 contracts from the previous week. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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S&P500 Speculators advanced their net positions for 3rd week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of 1,008 contracts. This was a rise of 672 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Silver Speculators raised 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 65,120 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 1,205 contracts from the previous totals. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Copper Speculators lifted their bullish net positions for 4th week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 53,252 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 1,765 contracts from the data of the previous week. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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

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

To learn more about this data please visit the CFTC website at http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/index.htm<\/a><\/em><\/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. – Currency Speculators cut US Dollar bearish positions for 4th week – WTI Crude Oil Speculators raised their bullish net positions for 2nd week – Gold Speculators cut back on their bullish net positions this week […]<\/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-115586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115586","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=115586"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":115614,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115586\/revisions\/115614"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}