{"id":131310,"date":"2018-08-04T11:04:04","date_gmt":"2018-08-04T15:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=131310"},"modified":"2018-08-04T11:05:41","modified_gmt":"2018-08-04T15:05:41","slug":"cot-report-usd-index-bets-rise-for-15th-week-10-yr-hits-new-bearish-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2018\/08\/cot-report-usd-index-bets-rise-for-15th-week-10-yr-hits-new-bearish-record\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: USD Index bets rise for 15th week. 10-YR hits new bearish record"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-1783369261\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">August 4, 2018<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By CountingPips.com &#8211;\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 this week\u2019s links (below) and short summaries\u00a0to the latest Commitment of Traders changes that were released on Friday.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\">\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/currency-speculators-raised-us-dollar-index-bets-for-15th-week\/\">Currency Speculators<\/a> raised <strong>US Dollar Index<\/strong> bets for 15th week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong>WTI Crude Oil<\/strong> Speculators<a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-edged-their-bullish-bets-higher\/\"> edged their bullish bets higher<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/10-year-note-speculators-boosted-record-bearish-bets-higher-this-week\/\"><strong>10-Year Note<\/strong> Speculators<\/a> boosted record bearish bets higher this week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> Speculators <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/bitcoin-speculators-edged-bearish-bets-down-this-week\/\">edged bearish bets down this week<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/gold-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-bets-for-3rd-week\/\"><strong>Gold<\/strong> Speculators<\/a> cut back on their bullish bets for 3rd week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong>S&amp;P500 Mini<\/strong> Speculators <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/sp500-mini-speculators-lowered-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">lowered their bullish net positions<\/a> for 2nd week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/vix-speculators-continued-to-boost-bearish-bets-this-week\/\"><strong>VIX<\/strong> Speculators<\/a> continued to boost bearish bets this week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong>Eurodollar<\/strong> Speculators <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/eurodollar-speculators-decreased-their-bearish-bets-for-3rd-week\/\">decreased their bearish bets<\/a> for 3rd week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/silver-speculator-bullish-bets-see-small-gain-after-6-down-weeks\/\"><strong>Silver<\/strong> Speculator<\/a> bullish bets see small gain after 6 down weeks<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong>Copper<\/strong> Speculators <a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/copper-speculators-slightly-cut-back-on-their-bullish-bets-this-week\/\">slightly cut back on their bullish bets<\/a> this week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/currency-speculators-raised-us-dollar-index-bets-for-15th-week\/\">Currency Speculators raised US Dollar Index bets for 15th week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-2.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131313\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131313\" title=\"image-2-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-2.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-2.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-2-300x199.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at $20.06 billion as of Tuesday<\/h3>\n<p>The latest aggregate US dollar position &#8211; totals of the US dollar contracts against the combined contracts of the euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollar, Canadian dollar and the Swiss franc &#8211; showed that large traders and currency speculators edged their overall bets lower to a total $20.06 billion bullish position. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/currency-speculators-raised-us-dollar-index-bets-for-15th-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-edged-their-bullish-bets-higher\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators edged their bullish bets higher<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-3.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131314\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131314\" title=\"image-3-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-3.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-3-300x150.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 613,400 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 2,929 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-edged-their-bullish-bets-higher\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/gold-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-bets-for-3rd-week\/\">Gold Speculators cut back on their bullish bets for 3rd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-6.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131317\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131317\" title=\"image-6-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-6.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-6.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-6-300x150.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 35,337 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -13,260 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/gold-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bullish-bets-for-3rd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/10-year-note-speculators-boosted-record-bearish-bets-higher-this-week\/\">10-Year Note Speculators boosted record bearish bets higher this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-7.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131319\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131319\" title=\"image-7-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-7.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-7-300x150.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 -590,128 contracts. This was a weekly reduction of -80,630 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/10-year-note-speculators-boosted-record-bearish-bets-higher-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p><div id=\"inves-2626673772\" 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\/08\/silver-speculator-bullish-bets-see-small-gain-after-6-down-weeks\/\">Silver Speculator bullish bets see small gain after 6 down weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-11.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131324\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131324\" title=\"image-11-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-11.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-11-300x150.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 5,864 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 2,326 contracts from the previous totals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/silver-speculator-bullish-bets-see-small-gain-after-6-down-weeks\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/copper-speculators-slightly-cut-back-on-their-bullish-bets-this-week\/\">Copper Speculators slightly cut back on their bullish bets this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-12.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-131326\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-131326\" title=\"image-12-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-12.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-12-300x150.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 8,224 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -1,143 contracts from the data of the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/08\/copper-speculators-slightly-cut-back-on-their-bullish-bets-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Article by <strong>CountingPips.com &#8211;\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><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 &#8211;\u00a0Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email Here is this week\u2019s links (below) and short summaries\u00a0to the latest Commitment of Traders changes that were released on Friday. Currency Speculators raised US Dollar Index bets for 15th week WTI Crude Oil Speculators edged their bullish bets higher 10-Year Note Speculators boosted record bearish bets [&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-131310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131310","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=131310"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":131425,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/131310\/revisions\/131425"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=131310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=131310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=131310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}