{"id":151458,"date":"2019-07-13T12:59:58","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T16:59:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=151458"},"modified":"2019-07-13T12:59:58","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T16:59:58","slug":"cot-report-usd-index-bets-rise-gold-silver-bets-take-a-breather-while-vix-copper-go-more-bearish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/07\/cot-report-usd-index-bets-rise-gold-silver-bets-take-a-breather-while-vix-copper-go-more-bearish\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: USD Index bets rise. Gold, Silver bets take a breather while VIX & Copper go more bearish"},"content":{"rendered":"
July 13, 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 data, we saw that precious metals speculators cooled off on their recent surge of bullish bets into Gold<\/strong><\/a> and Silver<\/strong><\/a>. Gold positions had jumped by +172,258 net contracts in the previous five weeks to the highest level since September of 2016 before this week’s retreat<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Silver<\/strong><\/a> bets have dipped for two weeks following a strong streak of its own which registered a four-week total gain of +52,974 contracts from June 4th to June 25th.<\/p>\n

Copper<\/strong><\/a> speculators, meanwhile, continued along a more bearish path<\/a> as short bets rose once again and for the eleventh time out of the past twelve weeks.<\/p>\n

In currencies, the USD Index<\/strong> Speculator<\/a> bets got a boost this week while the Mexican peso<\/strong> bets rose by over +18,000 contracts. Canadian dollar<\/strong> bets gained<\/a> for a third consecutive week as speculators pushed their newly bullish net positions higher.<\/p>

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Japanese yen<\/strong><\/a> positions are very close to turning bullish and have gone from a total of -99,599 net contracts on April 30th to just -3,651 contracts on July 9th.<\/p>\n

The 10-Year Bond<\/strong><\/a> positions were virtually unchanged this week as the bearish position is under the -300,000 net contract level for a third week.<\/p>\n

The WTI Crude oil<\/strong> <\/a>speculators cut back on their bullish net positions following three straight weeks of gains. This latest data shows that the current standing is under the +400,000 net contract level for a fourth straight week.<\/p>\n

Finally, VIX speculators<\/strong> are continuing in their bearish ways<\/a> as short positions have increased now for five straight weeks and for the seventh time out of the past eight weeks.<\/p>\n

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US Dollar Index Speculators lifted their bullish bets. Mexican Peso bets jump higher<\/a><\/h2>\n\t