Despite a ~$70/ounce pullback since trading up to $1263.90 a couple of weeks ago gold futures speculators continued to pile on bullish bets, reaching the... Continued
Crude Oil Faces Huge Test With Short Positions at Record Levels
After reaching the lowest levels since 2003 ($27.56) WTI crude oil futures rallied ~26% in 7 trading sessions: WTI Crude Oil (Daily) This week's... Continued
Futures Speculators Pile On Short Positions In Precious Metals
During the week ending November 17th large futures speculators (hedge funds, CTAs, etc.) piled on short positions in precious metals futures at one of the... Continued
Silver Slaughter
It seems like ages ago that silver was rallying 10% every week with no end in sight... Silver (February-April 2011) For silver bulls this... Continued
Futures Speculators Pile Back Into Precious Metals
The latest Commitments of Traders data from the CFTC (as of market close 10/20/2015) shows that both hedge funds and smaller traders alike have piled... Continued
Gold: Dumb Money Short Position Reaches Record Extreme
The latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Data shows that as of Tuesday's close (7/28/2015) dumb money gold futures speculators (small specs) held the largest net... Continued
Futures Speculators are Still Too Bullish on Gold
This is the kind of gold futures CoT report that gold bulls definitely did not want to see: A sizable increase in net speculative... Continued
3 Charts That Should Concern Gold Bulls
Gold has tumbled more than $50/ounce in the last 8 trading sessions and there is ample cause for concern that the decline isn't over yet:... Continued
Producer Hedging Set to Cap Crude Gains
We are seeing a very interesting dynamic take hold in crude oil futures markets: In recent weeks we have witnessed a confluence of forces; speculators... Continued
$8 Billion Gold Liquidation
In the last two weeks gold futures speculators have liquidated a total of 66,897 gold futures contracts which equates to a notional amount of nearly... Continued