CFTC COT | August 13, 2010
August 13, 2010
Please find attached data in charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ending August 10. We focus on net length of non-commercial traders as well as net length of money managers and swap dealers, as indicated in the disaggregated data for WTI , natural gas, gasoline, and heating oil. The CFTC data indicate mixed news for WTI . Non-commercial net length increased by 5.6k to 191k (futures and options combined), but the disaggregated report indicates that b.....
CFTC COT | August 06, 2010
August 06, 2010
Please find attached stats and charts detailing investor positions in WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB , as indicated by the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders report. We focus on non-commercial positions as well as the money manager positions in the CFTC’s newer disaggregated report. Risk appetites appear to have returned in energy markets, notwithstanding macroeconomic data that appears mixed at best. Index investors posted their third straight week of strong inflows while non-co.....
CFTC COT | July 30, 2010
July 30, 2010
Please find attached stats and charts detailing investor positions in WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB , as indicated by the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders report. We focus on non-commercial positions as well as the money manager positions in the CFTC’s newer disaggregated report. Investors continued to enter the commodities space by and large during the week ending July 27 in line with the previous week. In WTI , non-commercial net longs increased by almost 30% from last week.....
CFTC COT | July 23, 2010
July 23, 2010
Please find attached stats and charts detailing investor positions in WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB , as indicated by the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders report. We focus on non-commercial positions as well as the money manager positions in the CFTC’s newer disaggregated report. Investors entered the commodities space by and large during the week ending July 20 in a reversal of trends from the last three weeks. In WTI , non-commercial net longs fell marginally from last week.....
CFTC COT | July 19, 2010
Correction of last week's report
Please find attached an updated version of last week’s CFTC Commitments of Traders Report. The tables that we distributed last week included an error in the w-o-w change of net length in WTI positions. We apologize for any inconvenience.
CFTC COT | July 16, 2010
July 16, 2010
Please find attached stats and charts detailing investor positions in WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB , as indicated by the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders report. We focus on non-commercial positions as well as the money manager positions in the CFTC’s newer disaggregated report. By and large, investors exited the commodities space again during the week ending July 13. In WTI , non-commercial net longs came back up after hitting their lowest point in a year last week. Net lon.....
CFTC COT | July 09, 2010
July 09, 2010
Please find attached stats and charts detailing investor positions in WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB , as indicated by the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders report. We focus on non-commercial positions as well as the money manager positions in the CFTC’s newer disagreggated report. By and large, investors exited the commodities space during the week ending July 6. In WTI , non-commercial net longs hit their lowest point in a year. Net longs dropped by 31k to 43k in futures only.....
CFTC COT | July 02, 2010
July 02, 2010
Please find attached stats and charts detailing the latest CFTC report’s data regarding non-commercial and money manager positions in WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB . Non-commercial net longs in WTI declined 11.5k in futures only and 14.8k in futures and options combined, as traders reduced long positions while increasing shorts (aggregating futures and swaps). At 129k (fut, swaps, and options), the non-commercial net long position is at its lowest point since Sep09. Non-commer.....
CFTC COT | June 25, 2010
June 25, 2010
Please find attached stats and charts detailing non-commercial net long positions for WTI , natural gas, heating oil, and RBOB as indicated by the CFTC’s Commitments of Traders report. Net longs in WTI fell -2.4k in futures only to 86k and -18k to 152k in futures and options combined ( NYMEX futures, NYMEX swaps, and ICE swaps), with slightly larger declines among money managers. Net length in natural gas declined as well, falling by 9.4k to 130k in futures and options combined ( NYM.....
CFTC COT | June 18, 2010
June 18, 2010
Please find attached a summary detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report. The PDF file includes stats and graphs regarding non-commercial net length for WTI crude oil, natural gas, RBOB , and heating oil for the week ending June 15. In WTI , non-commercial net length increased by 28.8k contracts to 88.4k in futures only and by 24.8k to 170.8k in futures and options combined (summing NYMEX futures and swaps with ICE swaps). Looking to the disaggregated data, money mana.....