Advantage Futures
231 South LaSalle Street, Suite 1400
60604, USA
Futures traders have access to a special market report each week that provides a snapshot of the positions of large institutional traders and small speculators in each commodity futures category. This information is called the Commitment of Traders report or “COT report” and is provided by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. This report is a breakdown of the open interest in each individual futures market according to trader category. The report offers traders and analysts insight into the positioning of the major categories of traders: speculators (large and small) and hedgers. The underlying theory is that traders’ opinions and hedgers’ needs, in the aggregate, are reflected in the data and can be used to identify market turns and confirm trends.
Join Pete Mulmat, Director of Education from CME Group as he explains:
- Where and when can you view the Commitment of Traders(COT) report
- How to break down and analyze the COT data components
- How to utilize this report to identify trading opportunities in futures markets
