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There are also detailed explanations of Commitment of Trader data and a DeMark Sequential primer at the bottom of this note.
Commitment of Traders – The Basics
The Commitments of Traders (CoT) is a weekly report released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The CoT report outlines how different traders are positioned in the futures markets. There are two main types of traders in a CoT report: commercials and money managers.
Commercials are the actual producers and users of a commodity that use the futures markets to hedge. A commercial producer in the corn market could be a farmer who sells corn futures to lock in his selling price. Commercial traders are considered the “smart money” since they are in tune with the physical commodity business and likely have superior supply/demand information. The other main CoT trader type, money managers, is composed of hedge funds, mutual funds, and commodity trading advisors. These speculative traders have no interest in the underlying physical commodity business.
CoT data is most meaningful at extremes when either commercial traders or speculators are super net long or net short. The charts below are mostly self-explanatory by looking at the color-coded type of traders. For a more detailed explanation please see the bottom of this note.
Highlights and themes
As mentioned previously, the bounce off the lows could make a corrective lower high wave 2 of 5. Energy has been under pressure, with Gasoline making new lows this past week, and Crude could, in the coming week, break down under the recent lows. Even Natural Gas has stalled. Several other commodities have similar lower high patterns. Lumber has a new DeMark Sequential buy Countdown 13 if you’re trading lumber. I don’t know anyone who ever has traded it.
BLOOMBERG COMMODITY INDEX DAILY AND WEEKLY
Bloomberg Commodity Index daily bounced as we have been watching and as mentioned previously this bounce is a lower high wave 2 of 5. Wave 3 on the downside will qualify if the wave 1 (yellow 1) breaks
Bloomberg Commodity Index Weekly also shows the lower high wave 2 of 5
COMMODITY SENTIMENT OVERVIEW
OIL AND ENERGY
Bloomberg Energy Subindex with a lower high here too
WTI Crude futures daily at risk of breaking lower into downside wave 3 of 5
Brent Crude futures daily
WTI Crude futures bullish sentiment has support at 50%, and if this breaks it would be significant
WTI Crude futures Commitment of Traders
Natural Gas futures daily fading after recent exhaustion signals
Natural Gas futures bullish sentiment oddly remains in the extreme zone with no reversal with price
Natural Gas futures Commitment of Traders
Gasoline RBOB futures hit a new low this past week. New buy Setup 9 expected
Gasoline futures Commitment of Traders
Metals
Gold futures daily is barely holding on here
Gold futures bullish sentiment is very oversold with a reversal. Let’s see if this can continue
Gold futures Commitment of Traders
Silver futures daily
Silver Bullish Sentiment also trying to turn off very oversold levels
Silver futures Commitment of Traders
Copper futures daily broke down which surprised me as I had expected the Sequential on day 10 of 13 to complete
Copper futures bullish sentiment failed
Copper futures Commitment of Traders
Platinum daily with new lows
Platinum bullish sentiment remains under pressure and very oversold
Platinum Commitment of Traders
Palladium daily sideways and possibly headed lower
Palladium bullish sentiment not quite that oversold
Palladium Commitment of Traders
Grains
Corn futures daily has been strong. 650 is support
Corn futures bullish sentiment reversed off extreme highs
Corn futures Commitment of Traders
Wheat futures daily has not been able to turn up
Wheat futures bullish sentiment has been improving despite price not lifting
Wheat futures Commitment of Traders
Soybean futures daily sideways
Soybean futures bullish sentiment reversed lower just under the extreme zone
Soybean futures Commitment of Traders
Livestock
Cattle futures daily held the 50 and 200 day moving averages
Cattle futures bullish sentiment trying to break out higher
Cattle futures Commitment of Traders with a weekly Sequential sell Countdown 13
Lean Hogs futures daily breaking lower
Lean Hogs bullish sentiment fading
Lean Hogs Commitment of Traders
Softs
Cotton futures daily big reversal down
Cotton futures bullish sentiment reversed hard after getting into the extreme zone
Cotton Futures Commitment of Traders
Coffee futures daily
Coffee futures bullish sentiment might have made another lower high (sorry for the pricing issue here)
Sugar futures daily has struggled to turn higher and has made lower highs
Sugar futures bullish sentiment looks better than price action
Sugar futures Commitment of Traders
Cocoa futures daily
Cocoa futures bullish sentiment also remains under pressure
Cocoa futures Commitment of Traders
Lumber futures daily with a new Sequential buy Countdown 13
Lumber bullish sentiment often moves wire to wire. It’s oversold and could reverse soon
DeMark Sequential Basics
MORE DETAILED COMMITMENT OF TRADERS DEFINITIONS
