CFTC COT | September 09, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - September 9, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended September 6. 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 petroleum complex was mixed during the week ended September 6 with a slight decline in non-commercial net length in WTI and mild increases in non-commercial net length i.....


CFTC COT | September 02, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - September 2, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 30. 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. WTI data for the week ended August 30 show increased length in the market. Non-commercials extended net length by 17.5k to 219.5k in futures, and by 21.6k to 270.3k in futures .....


CFTC COT | August 26, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - August 26, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 23. 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 petroleum complex experienced relatively modest declines this week despite the sell-off in the markets on August 18. Non-commercials reduced net length by 2.4k to 202.0k in .....


CFTC COT | August 19, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - August 19, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 16. 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. Data for the week ended August 16 suggest a relatively calmer market but does not reflect Thursday’s sell-off. Non-commercial net length in WTI has been on a broad downward tr.....


CFTC COT | August 12, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - August 12, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 9. 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. This week’s data reflects the recent sell-off in global markets across the petroleum complex, natural gas and index investment in commodities. Non-commercial net length in the pe.....


CFTC COT | August 05, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - August 5, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended August 2. 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. Non-commercial net length declined across the petroleum complex during week ended August 2. We suspect that it was on account of the sell-off in global markets that started at th.....


CFTC COT | July 29, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - July 29, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended July 26. 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 week ended July 26 was relatively uneventful for non-commercial net length in the petroleum complex. Non-commercial net length increased by 14.5k to 253.3k in futures, and by .....


CFTC COT | July 22, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - July 22, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended July 19. 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. Non-commercials shifted back to a net long position in the natural gas market during the week ended July 19 (from last week’s net short position), as they increased their net long.....


CFTC COT | July 15, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - July 15, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended July 12. 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. Index investors withdrew -$4.91 billion from the commodities markets during the week ended July 12, after pushing in +$14.24 billion during the previous four weeks. The energy com.....


CFTC COT | July 08, 2011

Commitment of Traders Report - July 8, 2011

Please find attached data and charts detailing the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders Report for the week ended July 5. 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. Index investment climbed for the fourth week in a row at +$3.34 billion. Last week had seen an inflow of +$6.67 billion. The energy commodity markets received an inflow of +$2.28 b.....