Producer/Merchant/Processor/User near a three-year high in COMEX Gold
The CFTC Commitments of Traders report for 3 November: the three biggest weekly changes and the positions near three-year extremes.
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The CFTC’s Commitments of Traders report for positions on Tuesday 3 November covers the nine futures markets we follow. Group names are the CFTC’s own: Asset Manager/Institutional and Leveraged Funds in the financial futures report, Managed Money and Producer/Merchant/Processor/User in the commodity report.
Biggest weekly changes
Ranked by the change as a share of open interest:
- Leveraged Funds in CME Bitcoin Futures cut their net short, a change of 1,388 contracts to −2,591 in the week to 3 November.
- Asset Manager/Institutional in CBOT DJIA x $5 Mini Dow cut their net long, a change of 4,013 contracts to +8,220 in the week to 3 November.
- Asset Manager/Institutional in CME Euro FX cut their net long, a change of 28,324 contracts to +144,925 in the week to 3 November.
Near three-year extremes
Net positions in the top or bottom tenth of the past 157 weekly reports, as of 3 November. A percentile near the top means close to the most long (or least short) of that period:
- Leveraged Funds in CME E-Mini Nasdaq-100: +10,073 contracts on 3 November, percentile 97.
- Producer/Merchant/Processor/User in COMEX Gold: −8,912 contracts on 3 November, percentile 100.
- Managed Money in NYMEX WTI Crude Oil: +21,728 contracts on 3 November, percentile 10.
- Producer/Merchant/Processor/User in NYMEX WTI Crude Oil: +369,347 contracts on 3 November, percentile 96.
- Asset Manager/Institutional in CME Euro FX: +144,925 contracts on 3 November, percentile 1.
- Leveraged Funds in CME Euro FX: −78,559 contracts on 3 November, percentile 1.
- Asset Manager/Institutional in CME Bitcoin Futures: +2,403 contracts on 3 November, percentile 3.
- Leveraged Funds in CME Bitcoin Futures: −2,591 contracts on 3 November, percentile 100.
- Asset Manager/Institutional in CME Ether Futures: −1,825 contracts on 3 November, percentile 9.
All markets we follow
Net contracts held on 3 November, with the change on the week:
- CME E-Mini Nasdaq-100, Tue 3 Nov: Asset Manager/Institutional +73,137 (+7,756); Leveraged Funds +10,073 (+7,772).
- CME E-Mini S&P 500, Tue 3 Nov: Asset Manager/Institutional +928,584 (+5,135); Leveraged Funds −372,318 (+28,286).
- CBOT DJIA x $5 Mini Dow, Tue 3 Nov: Asset Manager/Institutional +8,220 (−4,013); Leveraged Funds +820 (+724).
- CME E-Mini Russell 2000, Tue 3 Nov: Asset Manager/Institutional +23,623 (+4,021); Leveraged Funds −55,080 (−6,999).
- COMEX Gold, Tue 3 Nov: Managed Money +103,614 (−1,948); Producer/Merchant/Processor/User −8,912 (+662).
- NYMEX WTI Crude Oil, Tue 3 Nov: Managed Money +21,728 (−9,400); Producer/Merchant/Processor/User +369,347 (+2,955).
- CME Euro FX, Tue 3 Nov: Asset Manager/Institutional +144,925 (−28,324); Leveraged Funds −78,559 (−6,985).
- CME Bitcoin Futures, Tue 3 Nov: Asset Manager/Institutional +2,403 (−351); Leveraged Funds −2,591 (+1,388).
- CME Ether Futures, Tue 3 Nov: Asset Manager/Institutional −1,825 (−641); Leveraged Funds −3,699 (+326).
Sources
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Source: CFTC Commitments of Traders, Traders in Financial Futures and Disaggregated reports, via publicreporting.cftc.gov. Percentiles are our calculation over the weekly history shown. General market information, not investment advice.
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