{"id":149246,"date":"2019-06-08T11:06:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-08T15:06:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=149246"},"modified":"2019-06-08T11:20:16","modified_gmt":"2019-06-08T15:20:16","slug":"cot-report-usd-index-peso-crude-oil-bets-fall-gold-bets-jumped-sharply-this-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/06\/cot-report-usd-index-peso-crude-oil-bets-fall-gold-bets-jumped-sharply-this-week\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: USD Index, Peso, & Crude Oil bets fall. Gold bets jumped sharply this week"},"content":{"rendered":"
June 8, 2019<\/div>
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Here are this week\u2019s links to the latest Commitment of Traders data changes that were released on Friday.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This week in the COT Report data<\/strong><\/a>, precious metals speculators did a u-turn and piled into Gold<\/strong> bullish positions<\/strong><\/a> by the largest one-week gain on record. Bets for Silver<\/strong><\/a> were also sharply higher. Copper<\/strong> bets<\/strong><\/a>, however, continued to see higher levels of bearishness and fell to the most bearish standing since January.<\/p>\n

The VIX<\/strong><\/a> net speculative bearish position retreated this week after a couple of small moves in the previous weeks. The VIX speculator bets have moved further away from the all-time record high bearish level of -180,359 contracts that was reached on April 30th.<\/p>\n

The 10-Year Bond<\/strong><\/a> speculators sharply pushed their net short positions higher this week and have been adding to bearish bets for four out of the past five weeks. The speculators, usually reliable trend-followers, have found themselves betting against the recent 10-Year Bond strength (bond prices are inverse of the bond yield and the 10-Year yield ended this week way down at 2.09%).<\/p>\n

WTI Crude oil<\/strong><\/a> speculators continued to pull back on their bullish bets for a 6th straight week and have now cut positions by a total of -147,191 contracts over this period.<\/p>

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In Currencies<\/strong><\/a>, the USD Index<\/strong><\/a> Speculator bets dipped slightly this week and continued the recent steady downtrend in spec positions. Euro<\/strong> bets sharply improved this week and the bearish level is now back under the -100,000 net contract level (maybe the worst is over for the Euro?). Japanese Yen<\/strong><\/a> bets also saw more improvement and hit the least bearish level in 14 weeks.<\/p>\n

The British pound<\/strong><\/a> sentiment continued to sour as speculator bets have now increased their bearishness for three straight weeks to the most bearish level since January.<\/p>\n

Finally, Mexican peso<\/strong><\/a> positions furthered their slide (although remain strongly bullish) after surging to a record high bullish level on April 16th.<\/p>\n

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US Dollar Index, Peso Speculator bets fell this week. Euro, Yen Shorts were reduced<\/a><\/h2>\n\t