{"id":136139,"date":"2018-10-27T14:01:45","date_gmt":"2018-10-27T18:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=136139"},"modified":"2018-10-27T14:03:17","modified_gmt":"2018-10-27T18:03:17","slug":"cot-report-specs-edge-usd-index-bets-up-gold-copper-bets-rise-wti-crude-bets-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2018\/10\/cot-report-specs-edge-usd-index-bets-up-gold-copper-bets-rise-wti-crude-bets-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: Specs edge USD Index bets up. Gold, Copper bets rise. WTI Crude bets fall"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-507748400\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">October 27, 2018<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By CountingPips.com \u2013 <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>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/forex-speculators-edged-us-dollar-index-bets-higher-euro-bets-lower-mxn-bets-drop\/\"><strong>Forex Speculators<\/strong><\/a> edged <strong>US Dollar Index<\/strong> bets higher, <strong>Euro<\/strong> bets lower. <strong>MXN<\/strong> bets drop<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-reduced-their-bearish-bets-for-4th-straight-week\/\"><strong>WTI Crude Oil<\/strong><\/a> Speculators reduced their bearish bets for 4th straight week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/10-year-note-speculators-continued-to-sharply-decrease-their-bearish-bets\/\"><strong>10-Year Note<\/strong><\/a> Speculators continued to sharply decrease their bearish bets<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/bitcoin-speculators-cut-back-on-their-bearish-bets-for-2nd-week-2\/\">Bitcoin<\/a><\/strong> Speculators cut back on their bearish bets for 2nd week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/gold-speculators-pushed-their-bullish-net-positions-higher-this-week\/\">Gold<\/a><\/strong> Speculators pushed their bullish net positions higher<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/sp500-mini-speculators-raised-their-bullish-bets-after-last-weeks-down-week\/\"><strong>S&amp;P500 Mini<\/strong><\/a> Speculators raised their bullish bets after last week\u2019s down week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/vix-speculators-sharply-decreased-their-bearish-bets-for-3rd-week-to-lowest-since-may\/\">VIX<\/a><\/strong> Speculators sharply decreased their bearish bets for 3rd week, to lowest since May<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/silver-speculators-sharply-reduced-their-bearish-bets-for-2nd-week\/\">Silver<\/a><\/strong> Speculators sharply reduced their bearish bets for 2nd week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/copper-speculators-lifted-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">Copper<\/a><\/strong> Speculators lifted their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/forex-speculators-edged-us-dollar-index-bets-higher-euro-bets-lower-mxn-bets-drop\/\">Forex Speculators edged US Dollar Index bets higher, Euro bets lower. MXN bets drop<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-52.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-136140\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136140\" title=\"image-52-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-52.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-52.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-52-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>US Dollar net speculator positions leveled at 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 speculators continued to slightly add to their bullish bets for the US Dollar Index while sharply betting against the Mexican peso this week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/forex-speculators-edged-us-dollar-index-bets-higher-euro-bets-lower-mxn-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-reduced-their-bearish-bets-for-4th-straight-week\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators reduced their bearish bets for 4th straight week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-53.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-136141\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136141\" title=\"image-53-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-53.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-53.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-53-300x150.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 455,278 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a slide of -37,951 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-reduced-their-bearish-bets-for-4th-straight-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/gold-speculators-pushed-their-bullish-net-positions-higher-this-week\/\">Gold Speculators pushed their bullish net positions higher this week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-56.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-136145\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136145\" title=\"image-56-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-56.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-56.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/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 29,388 contracts. This was a weekly advance of 11,721 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/gold-speculators-pushed-their-bullish-net-positions-higher-this-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/10-year-note-speculators-continued-to-sharply-decrease-their-bearish-bets\/\">10-Year Note Speculators continued to sharply decrease their bearish bets<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-58.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-136149\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136149\" title=\"image-58-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-58.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-58.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-58-300x150.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 -544,033 contracts. This was a weekly increase of 71,937 contracts from the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/10-year-note-speculators-continued-to-sharply-decrease-their-bearish-bets\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p><div id=\"inves-1225500884\" 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-raised-their-bullish-bets-after-last-weeks-down-week\/\">S&amp;P500 Mini Speculators raised their bullish bets after last week\u2019s down week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-60.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-136153\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136153\" title=\"image-60-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-60.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-60.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-60-300x150.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 239,372 contracts. This was a rise of 12,580 contracts from the reported data of the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/sp500-mini-speculators-raised-their-bullish-bets-after-last-weeks-down-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/silver-speculators-sharply-reduced-their-bearish-bets-for-2nd-week\/\">Silver Speculators sharply reduced their bearish bets for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-61.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-136155\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136155\" title=\"image-61-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-61.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-61.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-61-300x150.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 -5,179 contracts, according to data from this week. This was a weekly gain of 9,648 contracts from the previous totals. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/silver-speculators-sharply-reduced-their-bearish-bets-for-2nd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/copper-speculators-lifted-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">Copper Speculators lifted their bullish net positions for 2nd week<\/a><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-63.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-136159\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-136159\" title=\"image-63-png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-63.png\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-63.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/image-63-300x150.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 9,347 contracts. This was a weekly boost of 429 contracts from the data of the previous week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2018\/10\/copper-speculators-lifted-their-bullish-net-positions-for-2nd-week\/\">See full article<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Article by <strong>CountingPips.com \u2013 <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 \u2013 Receive 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. Forex Speculators edged US Dollar Index bets higher, Euro bets lower. MXN bets drop WTI Crude Oil Speculators reduced their bearish bets for 4th straight week 10-Year [&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-136139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136139","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=136139"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":136245,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136139\/revisions\/136245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}