{"id":116438,"date":"2017-11-13T20:39:34","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T01:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=116438"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:49:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:49:15","slug":"cot-report-usd-bets-continue-to-improve-wti10yrgold-silver-bets-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/11\/cot-report-usd-bets-continue-to-improve-wti10yrgold-silver-bets-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: USD bets continue to improve. WTI,10YR,Gold &#038; Silver bets rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-3328542612\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">November 13, 2017<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By CountingPips.com\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.net\/forms\/subscribe-to-our-weekly-cot-report\/\">Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">-FX Speculators continued to trim <strong>US Dollar<\/strong> bearish positions for 6th straight week<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;<strong>WTI Crude Oil<\/strong> Speculators sharply lifted bullish bets for 4th week<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;<strong>10-Year Note<\/strong> Speculators bullish bets rebounded this week<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;<strong>Gold<\/strong> Speculators raised bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/p><div id=\"inves-1589938508\" 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<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;<strong>S&amp;P500<\/strong> Speculators raised their bearish net positions<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;<strong>Silver<\/strong> Speculators boosted their bullish bets to 8 week high<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8211;<strong>Copper<\/strong> Speculators cut back on bullish bets for 2nd week<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/currency-speculators-improved-us-dollar-positions-for-6th-straight-week\/\">Currency Speculators improved US Dollar positions for 6th straight week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-27.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116439\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116439\" title=\"image-27-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-27.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-1.92 billion as of Tuesday<\/h3>\n<p>The latest data for the weekly Commitment of Traders (COT) report, released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Monday due to the Veteran\u2019s Day holiday, showed that large traders and currency speculators continued to trim their bearish bets of the US dollar last week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/currency-speculators-improved-us-dollar-positions-for-6th-straight-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-sharply-increased-bullish-bets-for-4th-week\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators sharply increased bullish bets for 4th week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-28.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116440\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116440\" title=\"image-28-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 545,206 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 42,257 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-sharply-increased-bullish-bets-for-4th-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/gold-speculators-advanced-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">Gold Speculators advanced their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-29.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116441\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116441\" title=\"image-29-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 195,790 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 2,695 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/gold-speculators-advanced-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/10-year-note-speculators-net-positions-rebounded-last-week\/\">10-Year Note Speculators net positions rebounded last week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-30.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116442\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116442\" title=\"image-30-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-30.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of 50,063 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 47,339 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/10-year-note-speculators-net-positions-rebounded-last-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/sp500-speculators-increased-net-short-positions-this-week\/\">S&amp;P500 Speculators increased net short positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-31.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116443\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116443\" title=\"image-31-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-31.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of S&amp;P 500 futures totaled a net position of -1,725 contracts. This was a decrease of -1,477 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/sp500-speculators-increased-net-short-positions-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/silver-speculators-boosted-net-positions-to-best-level-in-8-weeks\/\">Silver Speculators boosted net positions to best level in 8 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-32.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116444\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116444\" title=\"image-32-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-32.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 68,902 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 8,750 contracts from the previous totals. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/silver-speculators-boosted-net-positions-to-best-level-in-8-weeks\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/copper-speculators-lowered-their-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">Copper Speculators lowered their net positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-33.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-116445\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-116445\" title=\"image-33-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-33.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 42,575 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -5,018 contracts from the data of the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/copper-speculators-lowered-their-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">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\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes. -FX Speculators continued to trim US Dollar bearish positions for 6th straight week &#8211;WTI Crude Oil Speculators sharply lifted bullish bets for 4th week &#8211;10-Year Note Speculators bullish bets rebounded [&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-116438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116438","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=116438"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116461,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116438\/revisions\/116461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}