{"id":133002,"date":"2018-09-01T17:01:32","date_gmt":"2018-09-01T21:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=133002"},"modified":"2018-09-01T17:06:03","modified_gmt":"2018-09-01T21:06:03","slug":"cot-report-usd-index-bets-up-for-19th-week-10-yr-bearish-bets-drop-sharply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2018\/09\/cot-report-usd-index-bets-up-for-19th-week-10-yr-bearish-bets-drop-sharply\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: USD Index bets up for 19th week. 10-YR bearish bets drop sharply"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-3873832937\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">September 1, 2018<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By CountingPips.com \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 are this week\u2019s links to the latest Commitment of Traders data changes that were released on Friday.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"display-posts-listing\">\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/currency-speculators-raise-us-dollar-index-bets-again-trim-euro-pound-bets\/\">Currency Speculators<\/a><\/strong> raise US Dollar Index bets again, trim Euro &amp; Pound bets<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-raised-their-bullish-positions-for-1st-time-in-4-weeks\/\">WTI Crude Oil<\/a><\/strong> Speculators raised their bullish positions for 1st time in 4 weeks<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/10-year-note-speculators-sharply-cut-back-on-their-bearish-bets-this-week-2\/\"><strong>10-Year Note<\/strong><\/a> Speculators sharply cut back on their bearish bets<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/bitcoin-speculators-added-to-their-bearish-net-positions-this-week-3\/\">Bitcoin<\/a><\/strong> Speculators added to their bearish net positions<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/gold-speculators-trimmed-their-bearish-net-position-this-week\/\"><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/a> Speculators trimmed their bearish net position<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/sp500-mini-speculators-raised-their-bullish-net-positions-this-week\/\"><strong>S&amp;P500 Mini<\/strong><\/a> Speculators raised their bullish net positions<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/eurodollar-speculators-added-to-bearish-bets-for-1st-time-in-7-weeks\/\"><strong>Eurodollar<\/strong><\/a> Speculators added to bearish bets for 1st time in 7 weeks<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/vix-speculators-increased-their-bearish-bets-for-7th-time-out-of-8-weeks\/\"><strong>VIX<\/strong><\/a> Speculators increased their bearish bets for 7th time out of 8 weeks<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/silver-speculators-continue-to-drive-their-bets-more-bearish-this-week\/\">Silver<\/a><\/strong> Speculators continue to drive their bets more bearish<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/copper-speculators-pushed-bets-back-into-small-bullish-position\/\">Copper<\/a><\/strong> Speculators pushed bets back into small bullish position<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/currency-speculators-raise-us-dollar-index-bets-again-trim-euro-pound-bets\/\">Currency Speculators raise US Dollar Index bets again, trim Euro &amp; Pound bets<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133067\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DX_Specs_Small-4.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DX_Specs_Small-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/DX_Specs_Small-4-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>US Dollar aggregate speculator positions leveled at $23.34 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 currency speculators continued to increase their bets in favor of the US Dollar Index this week and bet against the euro and British pound sterling. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/currency-speculators-raise-us-dollar-index-bets-again-trim-euro-pound-bets\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-raised-their-bullish-positions-for-1st-time-in-4-weeks\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators raised their bullish positions for 1st time in 4 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-89.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133006\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133006\" title=\"image-89-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-89.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-89.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-89-300x150.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 550,313 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a lift of 11,528 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-raised-their-bullish-positions-for-1st-time-in-4-weeks\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/gold-speculators-trimmed-their-bearish-net-position-this-week\/\">Gold Speculators trimmed their bearish net position this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-91.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133009\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133009\" title=\"image-91-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-91.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-91.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-91-300x150.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 -3,063 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 5,647 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/gold-speculators-trimmed-their-bearish-net-position-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/10-year-note-speculators-sharply-cut-back-on-their-bearish-bets-this-week-2\/\">10-Year Note Speculators sharply cut back on their bearish bets this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-93.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133011\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133011\" title=\"image-93-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-93.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-93.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-93-300x150.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 -529,820 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 170,694 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/10-year-note-speculators-sharply-cut-back-on-their-bearish-bets-this-week-2\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p><div id=\"inves-387526730\" 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\/09\/sp500-mini-speculators-raised-their-bullish-net-positions-this-week\/\">S&amp;P500 Mini Speculators raised their bullish net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133066\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ES_Specs_Small-3.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/ES_Specs_Small-3.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/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 144,469 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday August 28th. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/sp500-mini-speculators-raised-their-bullish-net-positions-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/silver-speculators-continue-to-drive-their-bets-more-bearish-this-week\/\">Silver Speculators continue to drive their bets more bearish this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-96.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133014\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133014\" title=\"image-96-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-96.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-96.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-96-300x150.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 -16,598 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly fall of -9,440 contracts from the previous totals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/silver-speculators-continue-to-drive-their-bets-more-bearish-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/copper-speculators-pushed-bets-back-into-small-bullish-position\/\">Copper Speculators pushed bets back into small bullish position<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-98.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133016\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133016\" title=\"image-98-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-98.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-98.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image-98-300x150.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 291 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 1,990 contracts from the data of the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/copper-speculators-pushed-bets-back-into-small-bullish-position\/\">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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CountingPips.com \u2013\u00a0Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email Here are this week\u2019s links to the latest Commitment of Traders data changes that were released on Friday. 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