{"id":146600,"date":"2019-04-27T11:36:03","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T15:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=146600"},"modified":"2019-04-27T11:36:03","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T15:36:03","slug":"cot-report-speculators-trim-usd-sp500-mini-gold-bets-vix-bearish-bets-reach-record-high","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/04\/cot-report-speculators-trim-usd-sp500-mini-gold-bets-vix-bearish-bets-reach-record-high\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: Speculators trim USD, S&#038;P500-Mini &#038; Gold bets. VIX bearish bets reach record high"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"inves-2130318940\" class=\"inves-below-title-posts inves-entity-placement\"><div id =\"posts_date_custom\"><div align=\"left\">April 27, 2019<\/div><hr style=\"border: none; border-bottom: 3px solid black;\">\r\n<\/div><\/div><p><strong>By CountingPips.com<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2BiPJZF\"><strong>Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/macro-forex-blog\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-137417\" src=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/COT_Speculators_Market_Traders.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>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\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/us-dollar-index-speculators-edged-bullish-bets-lower-euro-bets-most-bearish-since-2016\/\">US Dollar Index<\/a><\/strong> Speculators edged bullish bets lower. <strong>Euro<\/strong> bets most bearish since 2016<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-pushed-their-bullish-bets-to-6-month-high\/\">WTI Crude Oil<\/a><\/strong> Speculators pushed their bullish bets to 6-month high<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/10-year-note-speculators-raised-their-bearish-bets-for-a-fifth-straight-week\/\">10-Year Note<\/a><\/strong> Speculators raised their bearish bets for a fifth straight week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/gold-speculators-pared-their-bullish-bets-to-lowest-level-since-november\/\">Gold<\/a><\/strong> Speculators pared their bullish bets to lowest level since November<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/sp500-mini-speculators-pulled-back-on-their-bullish-bets-this-week-2\/\">S&amp;P500 Mini<\/a><\/strong> Speculators pulled back on their bullish bets this week<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/silver-speculators-lower-their-bets-into-a-new-bearish-position\/\">Silver<\/a><\/strong> Speculators lower their bets into a new bearish position<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/vix-speculators-pushed-their-bets-to-a-record-high-bearish-position\/\">VIX<\/a><\/strong> Speculators pushed their bets to a record high bearish position<\/li>\n<li class=\"listing-item\"><strong><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/copper-speculators-reduced-their-bullish-bets-to-lowest-in-4-weeks\/\">Copper<\/a><\/strong> Speculators reduced their bullish bets to lowest in 4 weeks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/us-dollar-index-speculators-edged-bullish-bets-lower-euro-bets-most-bearish-since-2016\/\">US Dollar Index Speculators edged bullish bets lower. Euro bets most bearish since 2016<\/a><\/h2>\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">\n\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\tclear: both;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\tpadding: 0;\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-1 .gallery-item-wrapper,\n\t\t#ie7 #gallery-1 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tfloat: none;\n\t\t\tmargin: 5px;\n\t\t\twidth: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: inline;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-icon a {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tline-height: 0;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\twidth: 100% !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\theight: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\tword-wrap: break-word;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-146600 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full clearfix'>\n<div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DX_Specs_Small-4.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DX_Specs_Small-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DX_Specs_Small-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/DX_Specs_Small-4-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/div>\n\n<p>Large currency speculators decreased their net positions in the <b>US Dollar Index<\/b> futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/us-dollar-index-speculators-edged-bullish-bets-lower-euro-bets-most-bearish-since-2016\/\"><u>See full article<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-pushed-their-bullish-bets-to-6-month-high\/\">WTI Crude Oil Speculators pushed their bullish bets to 6-month high<\/a><\/h2>\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">\n\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\tclear: both;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\tpadding: 0;\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-2 .gallery-item-wrapper,\n\t\t#ie7 #gallery-2 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tfloat: none;\n\t\t\tmargin: 5px;\n\t\t\twidth: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: inline;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-icon a {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tline-height: 0;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\twidth: 100% !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\theight: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\tword-wrap: break-word;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-146600 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full clearfix'>\n<div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CL_Specs_Small-4.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CL_Specs_Small-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CL_Specs_Small-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/CL_Specs_Small-4-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/div>\n\n<p>The large speculator contracts of <b>WTI crude<\/b> futures totaled a net position of 547,359 contracts, according to the latest data this week. This was a change of 32,101 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/wti-crude-oil-speculators-pushed-their-bullish-bets-to-6-month-high\/\"><u>See full article<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/10-year-note-speculators-raised-their-bearish-bets-for-a-fifth-straight-week\/\">10-Year Note Speculators raised their bearish bets for a fifth straight week<\/a><\/h2>\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">\n\t\t#gallery-3 {\n\t\t\tclear: both;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\tpadding: 0;\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-3 .gallery-item-wrapper,\n\t\t#ie7 #gallery-3 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tfloat: none;\n\t\t\tmargin: 5px;\n\t\t\twidth: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-3 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: inline;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-icon a {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tline-height: 0;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-3 img {\n\t\t\twidth: 100% !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\theight: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-3 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\tword-wrap: break-word;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-3' class='gallery galleryid-146600 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full clearfix'>\n<div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TY_Specs_Small-4.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TY_Specs_Small-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TY_Specs_Small-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/TY_Specs_Small-4-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/div>\n\n<p>Large speculator contracts of the <b>10-Year Bond<\/b> futures totaled a net position of -323,791 contracts, according to the latest data this week. This was a change of -48,141 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/10-year-note-speculators-raised-their-bearish-bets-for-a-fifth-straight-week\/\"><u>See full article<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/gold-speculators-pared-their-bullish-bets-to-lowest-level-since-november\/\">Gold Speculators pared their bullish bets to lowest level since November<\/a><\/h2>\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">\n\t\t#gallery-4 {\n\t\t\tclear: both;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\tpadding: 0;\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-4 .gallery-item-wrapper,\n\t\t#ie7 #gallery-4 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tfloat: none;\n\t\t\tmargin: 5px;\n\t\t\twidth: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-4 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: inline;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-icon a {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tline-height: 0;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-4 img {\n\t\t\twidth: 100% !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\theight: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-4 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\tword-wrap: break-word;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-4' class='gallery galleryid-146600 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full clearfix'>\n<div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GC_Specs_Small-4.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GC_Specs_Small-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GC_Specs_Small-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/GC_Specs_Small-4-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/div>\n\n<p>Large precious metals speculator contracts of the <b>Gold<\/b> futures totaled a net position of 37,395 contracts, according to the latest data this week. This was a change of -18,878 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/gold-speculators-pared-their-bullish-bets-to-lowest-level-since-november\/\"><u>See full article<\/u>.<\/a><\/p><div id=\"inves-1566948991\" 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\/2019\/04\/sp500-mini-speculators-pulled-back-on-their-bullish-bets-this-week-2\/\">S&amp;P500 Mini Speculators pulled back on their bullish bets this week<\/a><\/h2>\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">\n\t\t#gallery-5 {\n\t\t\tclear: both;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\tpadding: 0;\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-5 .gallery-item-wrapper,\n\t\t#ie7 #gallery-5 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tfloat: none;\n\t\t\tmargin: 5px;\n\t\t\twidth: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-5 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: inline;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-icon a {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tline-height: 0;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-5 img {\n\t\t\twidth: 100% !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\theight: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-5 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\tword-wrap: break-word;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-5' class='gallery galleryid-146600 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full clearfix'>\n<div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ES_Specs_Small-4.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ES_Specs_Small-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ES_Specs_Small-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/ES_Specs_Small-4-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/div>\n\n<p>Large stock market speculator contracts of the <b>S&amp;P500 mini<\/b> futures totaled a net position of 2,429 contracts, according to the latest data this week. This was a change of -13,544 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/sp500-mini-speculators-pulled-back-on-their-bullish-bets-this-week-2\/\"><u>See full article<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/vix-speculators-pushed-their-bets-to-a-record-high-bearish-position\/\">VIX Speculators pushed their bets to a record high bearish position<\/a><\/h2>\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">\n\t\t#gallery-6 {\n\t\t\tclear: both;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\tpadding: 0;\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-6 .gallery-item-wrapper,\n\t\t#ie7 #gallery-6 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tfloat: none;\n\t\t\tmargin: 5px;\n\t\t\twidth: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-6 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: inline;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-icon a {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tline-height: 0;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-6 img {\n\t\t\twidth: 100% !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\theight: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-6 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\tword-wrap: break-word;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-6' class='gallery galleryid-146600 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full clearfix'>\n<div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/VIX_Specs_Small-4.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/VIX_Specs_Small-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/VIX_Specs_Small-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/VIX_Specs_Small-4-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/div>\n\n<p>Large stock market volatility speculator contracts of the <b>VIX<\/b> futures totaled a net position of -177,754 contracts, according to the latest data this week. This was a change of -7,846 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/vix-speculators-pushed-their-bets-to-a-record-high-bearish-position\/\"><u>See full article<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/silver-speculators-lower-their-bets-into-a-new-bearish-position\/\">Silver Speculators lower their bets into a new bearish position<\/a><\/h2>\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">\n\t\t#gallery-7 {\n\t\t\tclear: both;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\tpadding: 0;\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-7 .gallery-item-wrapper,\n\t\t#ie7 #gallery-7 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tfloat: none;\n\t\t\tmargin: 5px;\n\t\t\twidth: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-7 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: inline;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-icon a {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tline-height: 0;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-7 img {\n\t\t\twidth: 100% !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\theight: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-7 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-7 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\tword-wrap: break-word;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-7' class='gallery galleryid-146600 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full clearfix'>\n<div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SI_Specs_Small-4.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SI_Specs_Small-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SI_Specs_Small-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SI_Specs_Small-4-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/div>\n\n<p>Large precious metals speculator contracts of the <b>silver<\/b> futures totaled a net position of -110 contracts, according to the latest data this week. This was a change of -5,995 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/silver-speculators-lower-their-bets-into-a-new-bearish-position\/\"><u>See full article<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2><a class=\"title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/copper-speculators-reduced-their-bullish-bets-to-lowest-in-4-weeks\/\">Copper Speculators reduced their bullish bets to lowest in 4 weeks<\/a><\/h2>\n\t<style type=\"text\/css\" scoped=\"scoped\">\n\t\t#gallery-8 {\n\t\t\tclear: both;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\tmargin: 0;\n\t\t\tpadding: 0;\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-8 .gallery-item-wrapper,\n\t\t#ie7 #gallery-8 .gallery-item-wrapper {\n\t\t\twidth: 100%;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tfloat: none;\n\t\t\tmargin: 5px;\n\t\t\twidth: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-8 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\tdisplay: inline;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-icon a {\n\t\t\tdisplay: block;\n\t\t\tline-height: 0;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-8 img {\n\t\t\twidth: 100% !important;\n\t\t\tmax-width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\theight: auto !important;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#gallery-8 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\toverflow: hidden;\n\t\t}\n\t\t#ie6 #gallery-8 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\tword-wrap: break-word;\n\t\t}\n\t<\/style>\n<div id='gallery-8' class='gallery galleryid-146600 gallery-columns-1 gallery-size-full clearfix'>\n<div class='gallery-item-wrapper'>\n<dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HG_Specs_Small-4.png'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HG_Specs_Small-4.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HG_Specs_Small-4.png 600w, https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/HG_Specs_Small-4-300x150.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl>\n<\/div>\n<br style=\"clear: both\" \/><\/div>\n\n<p>Metals speculator contracts of the <b>copper<\/b> futures totaled a net position of 2,126 contracts, according to the latest data this week. This was a change of -3,186 contracts from the previous weekly total. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/2019\/04\/copper-speculators-reduced-their-bullish-bets-to-lowest-in-4-weeks\/\"><u>See full article<\/u>.<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Article <strong>By CountingPips.com<\/strong> &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2BiPJZF\"><strong>Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>*<\/strong>COT Report: The COT data, released weekly to the public each Friday, is updated through the most recent Tuesday (data is 3 days old) and shows a quick view of how large speculators or non-commercials (for-profit traders) were positioned in the futures markets.<\/p>\n<p>The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders\/speculators).<\/p>\n<p>Find CFTC criteria here: (http:\/\/www.cftc.gov\/MarketReports\/CommitmentsofTraders\/ExplanatoryNotes\/index.htm).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By CountingPips.com &#8211; 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. US Dollar Index Speculators edged bullish bets lower. Euro bets most bearish since 2016 WTI Crude Oil Speculators pushed their bullish bets to 6-month high 10-Year Note [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","no-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146600","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146600"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146600\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":146631,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146600\/revisions\/146631"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146600"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146600"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146600"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}