{"id":135032,"date":"2018-10-06T14:01:35","date_gmt":"2018-10-06T18:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=135032"},"modified":"2018-10-06T14:03:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-06T18:03:22","slug":"cot-report-usd-bets-rise-gold-bets-continue-to-drop-while-sp500-mini-bets-surge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2018\/10\/cot-report-usd-bets-rise-gold-bets-continue-to-drop-while-sp500-mini-bets-surge\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: USD bets rise. Gold bets continue to drop while SP500 Mini bets surge"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-754936224\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">October 6, 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\/10\/forex-speculators-edged-dollar-index-bets-higher-euro-goes-bearish-yen-bets-drop\/\"><strong>Forex<\/strong><strong>Speculators<\/strong><\/a> edged <strong>Dollar<\/strong> Index bets higher, <strong>Euro<\/strong> goes bearish, <strong>Yen<\/strong> bets drop<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-cut-back-on-bullish-bets-for-3rd-time-out-of-last-4-weeks\/\"><strong>WTI Crude Oil<\/strong><\/a> Speculators cut back on bullish bets for 3rd time out of last 4 weeks<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/10-year-note-speculators-slightly-trimmed-bearish-bets-off-record-high-level\/\"><strong>10-Year Note<\/strong><\/a> Speculators slightly trimmed bearish bets off record high level<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/bitcoin-speculators-lowered-their-net-positions-this-week\/\"><strong>Bitcoin<\/strong><\/a> Speculators raised their bearish net positions<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/gold-speculators-increased-their-bearish-bets-for-3rd-week-highest-since-2001\/\"><strong>Gold<\/strong><\/a> Speculators increased their bearish bets for 3rd week, highest since 2001<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/sp500-mini-speculators-pushed-bullish-bets-to-highest-level-in-22-weeks\/\"><strong>S&amp;P500 Mini<\/strong><\/a> Speculators pushed bullish bets to highest level in 22 weeks<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/vix-speculators-continued-to-push-their-bearish-bets-higher\/\"><strong>VIX<\/strong><\/a> Speculators continued to push their bearish bets higher<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/silver-speculators-reduced-their-bearish-bets-for-fourth-week\/\"><strong>Silver<\/strong><\/a> Speculators reduced their bearish bets for fourth week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/copper-speculators-boosted-their-net-positions-for-3rd-straight-week\/\"><strong>Copper<\/strong><\/a> Speculators boosted their net positions for 3rd straight week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/forex-speculators-edged-dollar-index-bets-higher-euro-goes-bearish-yen-bets-drop\/\">Speculators edged Dollar Index bets higher, Euro goes bearish, Yen bets drop<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-7.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135034\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135034\" title=\"image-7-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-7.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-7.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-7-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>US Dollar Index\u00a0bets gain for 22nd out of the past 24 weeks<\/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 speculators slightly added to their bullish bets for the US Dollar Index while sharply betting against the euro and the Japanese yen this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/forex-speculators-edged-dollar-index-bets-higher-euro-goes-bearish-yen-bets-drop\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-cut-back-on-bullish-bets-for-3rd-time-out-of-last-4-weeks\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators cut back on bullish bets for 3rd time out of last 4 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-9.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135036\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135036\" title=\"image-9-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-9.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-9.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-9-300x150.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 548,909 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a slide of -11,176 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-cut-back-on-bullish-bets-for-3rd-time-out-of-last-4-weeks\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/gold-speculators-increased-their-bearish-bets-for-3rd-week-highest-since-2001\/\">Gold Speculators increased their bearish bets for 3rd week, highest since 2001<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-11.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135038\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135038\" title=\"image-11-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-11.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-11.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-11-300x150.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 -21,822 contracts. This was a weekly decline of -4,174 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/gold-speculators-increased-their-bearish-bets-for-3rd-week-highest-since-2001\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/10-year-note-speculators-slightly-trimmed-bearish-bets-off-record-high-level\/\">10-Year Note Speculators slightly trimmed bearish bets off record high level<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-12.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135039\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135039\" title=\"image-12-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-12.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-12.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-12-300x150.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 -740,192 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 16,124 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/10-year-note-speculators-slightly-trimmed-bearish-bets-off-record-high-level\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p><div id=\"inves-3846499393\" 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\/10\/sp500-mini-speculators-pushed-bullish-bets-to-highest-level-in-22-weeks\/\">S&amp;P500 Mini Speculators pushed bullish bets to highest level in 22 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-14.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135041\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135041\" title=\"image-14-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-14.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-14.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-14-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The large speculator contracts of S&amp;P500 Mini futures totaled a net position of 228,035 contracts. This was a rise of 30,119 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/sp500-mini-speculators-pushed-bullish-bets-to-highest-level-in-22-weeks\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/silver-speculators-reduced-their-bearish-bets-for-fourth-week\/\">Silver Speculators reduced their bearish bets for fourth week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-15.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135042\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135042\" title=\"image-15-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-15.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-15-300x150.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 -17,498 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 5,757 contracts from the previous totals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/silver-speculators-reduced-their-bearish-bets-for-fourth-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/copper-speculators-boosted-their-net-positions-for-3rd-straight-week\/\">Copper Speculators boosted their net positions for 3rd straight week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-16.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-135044\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-135044\" title=\"image-16-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-16.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-16.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-16-300x150.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 11,975 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 871 contracts from the data of the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/copper-speculators-boosted-their-net-positions-for-3rd-straight-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Article by <strong>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><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<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. ForexSpeculators edged Dollar Index bets higher, Euro goes bearish, Yen bets drop WTI Crude Oil Speculators cut back on bullish bets for 3rd time out of last 4 weeks [&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-135032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135032","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=135032"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135032\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":135077,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/135032\/revisions\/135077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=135032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=135032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=135032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}