{"id":118927,"date":"2017-12-30T17:30:32","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T22:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countingpips.com\/?p=118927"},"modified":"2018-06-01T15:46:49","modified_gmt":"2018-06-01T15:46:49","slug":"cot-report-10yr-bets-go-bearish-usd-copper-gold-spec-positions-improve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2017\/12\/cot-report-10yr-bets-go-bearish-usd-copper-gold-spec-positions-improve\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: 10YR bets go bearish. USD, Copper, Gold Spec positions improve"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1811440722\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">December 30, 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 Friday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Speculators slightly trimmed <strong>US Dollar<\/strong> bearish positions this week<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>WTI Crude Oil<\/strong> Speculators cut back on record high bullish bets this week<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Gold<\/strong> Speculators raised their bullish net positions this week<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>10-Year Note<\/strong> Speculators decrease positions into new bearish level<\/p><div id=\"inves-1440576348\" 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;\"><strong>S&amp;P500<\/strong> Speculators lowered their net positions this week<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Silver<\/strong> Speculators reduced their net positions for a 5th week<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>Copper<\/strong> Speculators sharply boosted their bullish net positions this week<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/forex-speculators-slightly-trimmed-us-dollar-bearish-positions-this-week\/\">Forex Speculators slightly trimmed US Dollar bearish positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-75.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118931\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118931\" title=\"image-75-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-75.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $-0.458 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 Friday, showed that large traders and currency speculators reduced their bearish bets of the US dollar this week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/forex-speculators-slightly-trimmed-us-dollar-bearish-positions-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-cut-back-on-record-high-bullish-bets-this-week\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators cut back on record high bullish bets this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-76.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118932\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118932\" title=\"image-76-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-76.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 601,839 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a slide of -12,658 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-cut-back-on-record-high-bullish-bets-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/gold-speculators-raised-their-bullish-net-positions-this-week\/\">Gold Speculators raised their bullish net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-78.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118934\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118934\" title=\"image-78-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-78.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 113,795 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 6,727 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/gold-speculators-raised-their-bullish-net-positions-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/10-year-note-speculators-decrease-positions-into-new-bearish-level\/\">10-Year Note Speculators decrease positions into new bearish level<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-79.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118935\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118935\" title=\"image-79-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-79.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -44,230 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -88,971 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/10-year-note-speculators-decrease-positions-into-new-bearish-level\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/sp500-speculators-lowered-their-net-positions-this-week\/\">S&amp;P500 Speculators lowered their net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-82.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118939\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118939\" title=\"image-82-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-82.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of S&amp;P 500 futures totaled a net position of 1,532 contracts. This was a decrease of -3,052 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/sp500-speculators-lowered-their-net-positions-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/silver-speculators-reduced-their-net-positions-for-a-5th-week\/\">Silver Speculators reduced their net positions for a 5th week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-83.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118940\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118940\" title=\"image-83-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-83.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 2,469 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -7,445 contracts from the previous totals. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/silver-speculators-reduced-their-net-positions-for-a-5th-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2 class=\"entry-title\"><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/copper-speculators-sharply-boosted-their-bullish-net-positions-this-week\/\">Copper Speculators sharply boosted their bullish net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-84.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-118941\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118941\" title=\"image-84-png\" src=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/articles-analysis\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/image-84.png\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 42,698 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 14,944 contracts from the data of the previous week. <a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.com\/2017\/12\/copper-speculators-sharply-boosted-their-bullish-net-positions-this-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 Here is a short summary and this week\u2019s links (below) to the latest Commitment of Traders changes that was released on Friday. Speculators slightly trimmed US Dollar bearish positions this week WTI Crude Oil Speculators cut back on record high bullish bets this week Gold Speculators raised their bullish net positions this week [&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-118927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118927","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=118927"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118927\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118952,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118927\/revisions\/118952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118927"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118927"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118927"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}