{"id":115976,"date":"2017-11-04T12:59:29","date_gmt":"2017-11-04T16:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=115976"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:53:30","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:53:30","slug":"cot-report-specs-trim-usd-bearish-bets-crude-bets-jump-while-10yr-bets-drop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/11\/cot-report-specs-trim-usd-bearish-bets-crude-bets-jump-while-10yr-bets-drop\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: Specs trim USD bearish bets. Crude bets jump while 10YR bets drop"},"content":{"rendered":"
November 4, 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>\u00a0cut US Dollar bearish positions for 5th straight week<\/p>\n

–WTI Crude Oil<\/strong> Speculators sharply lifted bullish bets to highest since February<\/p>\n

–10-Year Note<\/strong> Speculators sharply pulled back on their bullish bets<\/p>\n

–Gold<\/strong> Speculators added to bullish net positions this week<\/p>

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–S&P500<\/strong> Speculators lowered their net positions into a small bearish level<\/p>\n

–Silver<\/strong> Speculators reduced their bullish bets, but still in strong bullish level<\/p>\n

–Copper<\/strong> Speculators reduced bullish bets for 1st time in 5 weeks<\/p>\n

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COT: Currency Specs trim US Dollar bearish positions again this week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-3.37 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 reduced bearish bets for the US dollar this week. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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WTI Crude Oil Speculators sharply lifted bullish bets to highest since February<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 502,949 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 56,122 contracts from the previous weekly total. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Gold Speculators added to bullish net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 193,095 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 1,710 contracts from the previous week. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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10-Year Note Speculators sharply dropped their bullish 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 2,724 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -150,873 contracts from the previous week. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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S&P500 Speculators lowered their net positions to a small bearish level<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of S&P 500 futures totaled a net position of -248 contracts. This was a decrease of -1,256 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Silver Speculators cut back on bullish net positions<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 60,152 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -4,968 contracts from the previous totals. See full article<\/a><\/p>\n

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Copper Speculators reduced bullish net positions for 1st time in 5 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n

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The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 47,593 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -5,659 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\u00a0cut US Dollar bearish positions for 5th straight week –WTI Crude Oil Speculators sharply lifted bullish bets to highest since February –10-Year Note Speculators sharply pulled back on their bullish bets –Gold Speculators added to […]<\/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-115976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115976","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=115976"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116003,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115976\/revisions\/116003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}