{"id":129281,"date":"2018-06-29T19:24:38","date_gmt":"2018-06-29T23:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=129281"},"modified":"2018-06-29T21:46:43","modified_gmt":"2018-06-30T01:46:43","slug":"cot-report-usd-sp500-mini-bets-go-higher-wti-bets-rebound-while-metals-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2018\/06\/cot-report-usd-sp500-mini-bets-go-higher-wti-bets-rebound-while-metals-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: USD, SP500 Mini bets go higher. WTI bets rebound while Metals fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-3078506289\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">June 29, 2018<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By CountingPips.com<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.net\/forms\/subscribe-to-our-weekly-cot-report\/\"><strong>Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email<\/strong><\/a><\/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<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\">\n<li>Currency Speculators added to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/currency-speculators-added-to-us-dollar-bullish-positions-this-week\/\">US Dollar bullish positions<\/a> this week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-sharply-raised-their-bullish-bets-this-week\/\">WTI Crude Oil<\/a> Speculators sharply raised their bullish bets<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\">10-Year Note Speculators <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/10-year-note-speculators-trimmed-their-bearish-net-positions-this-week-2\/\">trimmed their bearish net positions<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/gold-speculators-sharply-dropped-their-bullish-bets-for-2nd-week\/\">Gold Speculators sharply<\/a> dropped their bullish bets for 2nd week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/bitcoin-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bearish-bets-for-2nd-week\/\">Bitcoin<\/a> Speculators cut back on their bearish bets for 2nd week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\">S&amp;P500 Mini Speculators <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/sp500-mini-speculators-raised-bullish-bets-for-4th-week\/\">raised bullish bets for 4th week<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/eurodollar-speculators-decreased-bearish-bets-for-7th-week\/\">Eurodollar<\/a> Speculators decreased bearish bets for 7th week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\">VIX Speculators <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/vix-speculators-trimmed-their-bearish-net-positions-this-week\/\">trimmed their bearish net positions<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/silver-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">Silver Speculators cut<\/a> back on their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/li>\n<li>Copper Speculators <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/copper-speculators-sharply-dropped-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">sharply dropped<\/a> their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/currency-speculators-added-to-us-dollar-bullish-positions-this-week\/\">Currency Speculators added to US Dollar bullish positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-52.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129282\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129282\" title=\"image-52-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-52.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-52.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-52-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $11.03 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 raised their aggregate bullish bets for the US dollar this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/currency-speculators-added-to-us-dollar-bullish-positions-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-sharply-raised-their-bullish-bets-this-week\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators sharply raised their bullish bets this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-54.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129283\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129283\" title=\"image-54-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-54.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-54-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of WTI crude futures totaled a net position of 625,091 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 44,144 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-sharply-raised-their-bullish-bets-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/gold-speculators-sharply-dropped-their-bullish-bets-for-2nd-week\/\">Gold Speculators sharply dropped their bullish bets for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-56.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129286\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129286\" title=\"image-56-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-56.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-56.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-56-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of gold futures totaled a net position of 76,672 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -19,840 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/gold-speculators-sharply-dropped-their-bullish-bets-for-2nd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/10-year-note-speculators-trimmed-their-bearish-net-positions-this-week-2\/\">10-Year Note Speculators trimmed their bearish net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-57.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129288\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129288\" title=\"image-57-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-57.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-57.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-57-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of 10-year treasury note futures totaled a net position of -355,324 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 4,139 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/10-year-note-speculators-trimmed-their-bearish-net-positions-this-week-2\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p><div id=\"inves-3522175713\" 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<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/sp500-mini-speculators-raised-bullish-bets-for-4th-week\/\">S&amp;P500 Mini Speculators raised bullish bets for 4th week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129363\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ES_Specs_Small-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ES_Specs_Small-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/ES_Specs_Small-3-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial futures contracts of S&amp;P500 Mini futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 197,186 contracts. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/sp500-mini-speculators-raised-bullish-bets-for-4th-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/silver-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">Silver Speculators cut back on their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-60.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129291\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129291\" title=\"image-60-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-60.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-60.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-60-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The non-commercial contracts of silver futures totaled a net position of 34,221 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -6,681 contracts from the previous totals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/silver-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/copper-speculators-sharply-dropped-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">Copper Speculators sharply dropped their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-61.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-129293\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129293\" title=\"image-61-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-61.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-61.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/image-61-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of copper futures totaled a net position of 34,045 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -22,266 contracts from the data of the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/06\/copper-speculators-sharply-dropped-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Article By CountingPips.com<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/countingpips.net\/forms\/subscribe-to-our-weekly-cot-report\/\"><strong>Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email<\/strong><\/a><\/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","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 that was released on Friday. Currency Speculators added to US Dollar bullish positions this week WTI Crude Oil Speculators sharply raised their bullish bets 10-Year Note Speculators trimmed their bearish [&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-129281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129281","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=129281"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129281\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":129364,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/129281\/revisions\/129364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=129281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}