{"id":152326,"date":"2019-07-27T17:07:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-27T21:07:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.countingpips.com\/?p=152326"},"modified":"2019-07-27T17:07:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-27T21:07:40","slug":"cot-report-speculators-boost-gold-silver-usd-index-bets-10-year-bets-go-more-bearish","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.investmacro.com\/forex\/2019\/07\/cot-report-speculators-boost-gold-silver-usd-index-bets-10-year-bets-go-more-bearish\/","title":{"rendered":"COT Report: Speculators boost Gold, Silver & USD Index bets. 10-Year bets go more bearish"},"content":{"rendered":"
July 27, 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, USD Index<\/strong> speculator bets rose higher<\/a> for a fourth straight week while the Canadian dollar<\/strong><\/a> speculator bets gained for a fifth straight week (CAD is now in overall bullish territory for a fourth week).<\/p>\n

The Australian dollar<\/strong><\/a> and New Zealand dollar<\/strong><\/a> bearish bets decreased this week and both have now seen multi-week improvements in their bearish speculator positions.<\/p>\n

Precious metals speculators continued to add to their bullish bets in both Gold<\/strong><\/a> and Silver<\/strong><\/a> again this week. Gold positions increased<\/a> for the 7th time in the past 8 weeks while Silver bets jumped by over +17,000 contracts<\/a> to a 21-Week High.<\/p>\n

Copper<\/strong> speculators, meanwhile, decreased their bearish bets for a second straight week<\/a> after speculator bets had gone more bearish in eleven out of the previous twelve weeks.<\/p>

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The 10-Year Bond<\/strong> positions continued to go more bearish<\/a> this week for a second straight week. Overall, the 10-Year Bond speculative position has now been in bearish territory dating all the way back to December of 2017.<\/p>\n

The WTI Crude oil<\/strong> speculators reduced their bullish bets this week<\/a> after positions had gone higher in four out of the previous five weeks.<\/p>\n

Finally, VIX<\/strong> speculators trimmed their bearish bets<\/a> this week after six straight weeks of rising bearish positions. Specs have raised their bearish bets in 22 out of 29 weeks so far in 2019 and recently notched a record high bearish level on April 30th at -180,359 contracts.<\/p>\n

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Speculators add to US Dollar Index, CAD bullish bets. AUD, NZD bearish bets dip<\/a><\/h2>\n\t