Friday’s Commitment of Trader’s Report Proves Revealing

The Commodities Futures Trading Commission just released its latest Commitment of Trader’s Report and as usual, there was some interesting information. Unfortunately, due to space restrictions I have only selected the Crude Oil Chart. It is particularly noteworthy because it shows a drastic reduction of managed money during the recent price decline. It will be interesting to see if, with the market rebound of the last few days, that number will reverse in the week ahead. The COT Report provides a multitude of interesting information and is available each week for 29 futures contracts. Please email us and we’ll send you the entire report. Email us at info@libanman.com and we’ll add you to the list of weekly recipients.

The COT report is useful because it Analyzes Futures and Options’ Combined Adjusted Net Deltas for the following Trade Groups: 1) Commercials, 2) Swap Dealers, 3) Managed Funds, 4) Large Speculators and 5) Small Speculators.  There are 20 weeks of information in a highly usable Chart form.

The Chart below is the COT Report for Crude Oil. The information below shows the Net Delta of each group described above. The full report includes Charts for approximately 30 Futures Contracts including Financials, Currencies, Energy, Metals, Softs and Grains. If you are interested in receiving the full report, please email us at info@libanman.com. Provide your name and phone number and we’ll add you to our list of weekly recipients. The COT Report is a highly informative tool for trader’s interested in gaining a larger picture of market participants. At Libanman, it is one of the tools we use to help clients initiate positions in Futures and Options contracts. If you have any questions, please call us at 212-383-9453.

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