{"id":133747,"date":"2018-09-15T17:30:14","date_gmt":"2018-09-15T21:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=133747"},"modified":"2018-09-15T17:38:46","modified_gmt":"2018-09-15T21:38:46","slug":"cot-report-usd-index-bets-rise-again-wti-crude-sp500-mini-bets-decline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2018\/09\/cot-report-usd-index-bets-rise-again-wti-crude-sp500-mini-bets-decline\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: USD Index bets rise again. WTI Crude &#038; SP500 Mini bets decline"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-2029343436\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">September 15, 2018<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By CountingPips.com\u00a0\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\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/currency-speculators-add-to-us-dollar-index-bullish-bets-euro-gbp-bets-rise\/\"><strong>Currency Speculators<\/strong><\/a> add to US Dollar Index bullish bets. Euro, GBP bets rise<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-lowered-their-bullish-net-positions-this-week\/\"><strong>WTI<\/strong> <strong>Crude Oil<\/strong><\/a> Speculators lowered their bullish net positions this week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/10-year-note-speculators-bets-were-virtually-unchanged-this-week\/\"><strong>10-Year<\/strong> <strong>Note Speculators<\/strong><\/a> bets were virtually unchanged this week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/bitcoin-speculators-decreased-their-bearish-bets-for-2nd-week\/\"><strong>Bitcoin Speculators<\/strong><\/a> decreased their bearish bets for 2nd week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/gold-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bearish-bets-this-week\/\">Gold Speculators<\/a><\/strong> cut back on their bearish bets<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/sp500-mini-speculators-sharply-lowered-bullish-net-positions-this-week\/\">S&amp;P500 Mini Speculators<\/a> <\/strong>sharply lowered bullish net positions<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/vix-speculators-trimmed-their-bearish-bets-this-week\/\">VIX Speculators<\/a><\/strong> trimmed their bearish bets<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/eurodollar-speculators-boosted-their-bearish-net-positions-for-3rd-week\/\"><strong>Eurodollar Speculators<\/strong><\/a> boosted their bearish net positions for 3rd week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/silver-speculators-reduced-their-bearish-bets-slightly-this-week\/\">Silver Speculators<\/a><\/strong> reduced their bearish bets slightly this week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/copper-speculators-added-to-their-bearish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">Copper Speculators<\/a><\/strong> added to their bearish net positions for 2nd week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/currency-speculators-add-to-us-dollar-index-bullish-bets-euro-gbp-bets-rise\/\">Currency Speculators add to US Dollar Index bullish bets. Euro, GBP bets rise<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-22.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133748\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133748\" title=\"image-22-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-22.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-22.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-22-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Euro and British pound sterling bets rose for 2nd week<\/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 once again raised their bullish net positions in the US Dollar Index futures markets this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/currency-speculators-add-to-us-dollar-index-bullish-bets-euro-gbp-bets-rise\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-lowered-their-bullish-net-positions-this-week\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators lowered their bullish net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-24.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133750\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133750\" title=\"image-24-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-24.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-24.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-24-300x150.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 543,845 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a slide of -21,885 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-lowered-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\/gold-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bearish-bets-this-week\/\">Gold Speculators cut back on their bearish bets this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-25.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133751\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133751\" title=\"image-25-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-25.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-25.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-25-300x150.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 -7,590 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 5,907 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/gold-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bearish-bets-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-bets-were-virtually-unchanged-this-week\/\">10-Year Note Speculators bets were virtually unchanged this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-26.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133753\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133753\" title=\"image-26-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-26.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-26.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-26-300x150.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 -682,684 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 73 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/10-year-note-speculators-bets-were-virtually-unchanged-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p><div id=\"inves-1925253451\" 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-sharply-lowered-bullish-net-positions-this-week\/\">S&amp;P500 Mini Speculators sharply lowered bullish net positions this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133832\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ES_Specs_Small.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ES_Specs_Small.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ES_Specs_Small-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 122,220 contracts in the data. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/sp500-mini-speculators-sharply-lowered-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-reduced-their-bearish-bets-slightly-this-week\/\">Silver Speculators reduced their bearish bets slightly this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-28.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133757\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133757\" title=\"image-28-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-28.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-28.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-28-300x150.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 -27,403 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 1,571 contracts from the previous totals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/silver-speculators-reduced-their-bearish-bets-slightly-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/copper-speculators-added-to-their-bearish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">Copper Speculators added to their bearish net positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-29.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-133760\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-133760\" title=\"image-29-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-29.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-29.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/image-29-300x150.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 -8,894 contracts. This was a weekly shortfall of -2,917 contracts from the data of the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/09\/copper-speculators-added-to-their-bearish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Article by <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/CountingPips.com\">CountingPips.com\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<\/a><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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CountingPips.com\u00a0\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. Currency Speculators add to US Dollar Index bullish bets. Euro, GBP bets rise WTI Crude Oil Speculators lowered their bullish net positions this week 10-Year Note Speculators bets were [&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-133747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133747","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=133747"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133747\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":133834,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/133747\/revisions\/133834"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=133747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=133747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=133747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}