Commitments of traders over the past nine years - both open interest and net positions have soared to levels close to previous highs. This mirrors a general resurgence in investor interest in gold.

Traders use the Commitments of Traders (COT) reports to gain perspective on the commodity market, as it provides insight into where the market’s biggest participants are moving their money.

The Commitment of Traders (COT) report offers traders insight into where certain types of traders are positioned in the commodity markets.

The Commitments of Traders (COT) report provides a breakdown of open interest for commodity markets in which 20 or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by ...

The Commitments of Traders reports don’t actually provide us with anything tradable – usually – but act as confirmation of what we already know about market activity. Again, usually.

CoT_body_Picture_1.png, Track The Largest Traders With The Commitment of Traders (CoT) Report. Courtesy of CFTC. It may be helpful to think of the CoT report as a sentiment indicator with a lot ...

Until recently, no other regulator or exchange published data on traders and positions in comparable detail. By default, therefore, the COT report has become the cornerstone of research into how ...

Since 2011, ICE Futures Europe has published its own commitments of traders report for Brent and gasoil futures and options, based in London rather than the United States ("ICE Futures Europe ...

The Commitments of Traders or COT report is a weekly report showing the positions of futures market participants. Learn how to use the COT report.

The Commitment of Traders report (COT report) is a weekly report, which is issued on every Friday by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This report contains the details of the positions ...

10/16/00 am: Choice cutout values closed down 3-18 cents, selects up 5-26 cents Friday. Sales were fair, but light for the week. Weekly slaughter totaled 696,000 vs. 706,000 week earlier and ...