{"id":117227,"date":"2017-11-27T19:57:03","date_gmt":"2017-11-28T00:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=117227"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:49:05","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:49:05","slug":"cot-report-usd-specs-raise-bearish-bets-10yr-gold-bets-rise-as-wti-silver-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/11\/cot-report-usd-specs-raise-bearish-bets-10yr-gold-bets-rise-as-wti-silver-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: USD Specs raise bearish bets. 10YR, Gold bets rise as WTI, Silver fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-145198280\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">November 27, 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 that was released on Monday due to the Thanksgiving&#8217;s Day holiday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Speculators increased\u00a0<strong>US Dollar<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>bearish bets<\/strong> for 1st time in 8 weeks<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>WTI Crude Oil<\/strong> Speculators cut back positions from record high<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>10-Year Note<\/strong> Speculators pushed bullish net positions higher for 3rd straight week<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Gold Speculators<\/strong> bullish net positions advanced for 3rd out of 4 weeks<\/p><div id=\"inves-84747415\" 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;\">Large <strong>S&amp;P500<\/strong> <strong>Speculators<\/strong> pushed bets into deeper bearish level<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Silver<\/strong> <strong>Speculators<\/strong> pulled back on bullish bets, still over +60,000 contracts<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Copper Spec<\/strong> <strong>positions<\/strong> had slight uptick following 3 down weeks<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/currency-futures-speculators-added-to-us-dollar-bearish-positions-this-week\/\">Currency Futures Speculators added to US Dollar bearish positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-61.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117228\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117228\" title=\"image-61-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-61.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-3.15 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 Thanksgiving\u2019s Day holiday, showed that large traders and currency speculators raised their bearish bets for the US dollar last week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/currency-futures-speculators-added-to-us-dollar-bearish-positions-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-positions-last-week\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators cut back on their bullish positions last week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-62.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117229\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117229\" title=\"image-62-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-62.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 577,078 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a slide of -19,388 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-positions-last-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/gold-speculators-bullish-net-positions-advanced-higher-last-week\/\">Gold Speculators bullish net positions advanced higher last week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-63.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117230\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117230\" title=\"image-63-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-63.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 201,827 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 6,743 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/gold-speculators-bullish-net-positions-advanced-higher-last-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/10-year-note-speculators-raised-bullish-net-positions-for-3rd-week\/\">10-Year Note Speculators raised bullish net positions for 3rd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-64.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117231\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117231\" title=\"image-64-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-64.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of 111,080 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 36,244 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/10-year-note-speculators-raised-bullish-net-positions-for-3rd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/large-sp500-speculators-decreased-bets-into-deeper-bearish-level\/\">Large S&amp;P500 Speculators decreased bets into deeper bearish level<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-65.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117232\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117232\" title=\"image-65-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-65.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of S&amp;P 500 futures totaled a net position of -2,330 contracts. This was a decrease of -2,172 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/large-sp500-speculators-decreased-bets-into-deeper-bearish-level\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/silver-speculators-pulled-back-on-bullish-net-positions-last-week\/\">Silver Speculators pulled back on bullish net positions last week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-66.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117233\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117233\" title=\"image-66-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-66.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 67,641 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -1,532 contracts from the previous totals. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/silver-speculators-pulled-back-on-bullish-net-positions-last-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/copper-speculator-positions-show-slight-rebound-after-3-down-weeks\/\">Copper Speculator positions show slight rebound after 3 down weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-67.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-117234\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-117234\" title=\"image-67-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/image-67.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 40,613 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 899 contracts from the data of the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/11\/copper-speculator-positions-show-slight-rebound-after-3-down-weeks\/\">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","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 that was released on Monday due to the Thanksgiving&#8217;s Day holiday. Speculators increased\u00a0US Dollar\u00a0bearish bets for 1st time in 8 weeks WTI Crude Oil Speculators cut back positions from record high 10-Year Note Speculators pushed bullish [&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-117227","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117227","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=117227"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117227\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117251,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117227\/revisions\/117251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}