| Commodity | 52W High | 52W Low | [[ date ]] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commodity | Net Positions | Net Change | Long Positions | Change | Short Positions | Change | Net Positions 52W Range |
| [[ item.symbolName ]] | [[ item.net52wHigh ]] | [[ item.net52wLow ]] | [[ item.history[key].net ]] | ||||
| [[ item.symbolName ]] | [[ item.net ]] | [[ item.netChange ]] | [[ item.long ]] | [[ item.longChange ]] | [[ item.short ]] | [[ item.shortChange ]] | [[ item.net52wLow ]] [[ item.net52wHigh ]] |
Traders in Financial Futures Net Positions
The Traders in Financial - [[ cotView ]] COT report provide a breakdown of each Tuesday’s open interest, based on the Futures-Only reports, updated Friday at 3pm CT.
Sun, Dec 15th, 2024
52W High 52W Low Prior period's value was negative Prior period's value was positive
Prior period's value was negative Prior period's value was positive
These participants are what are typically described as the "sell side" of the market. Though they may not predominately sell futures, they do design and sell various financial assets to clients. They tend to have matched books or offset their risk across markets and clients. Futures contracts are part of the pricing and balancing of risk associated with the products they sell and their activities. These include large banks (U.S. and non-U.S.) and dealers in securities, swaps and other derivatives.
The rest of the market comprises the "buy-side," which is divided into three separate categories:
Asset Manager/InstitutionalThese are institutional investors, including pension funds, endowments, insurance companies, mutual funds and those portfolio/investment managers whose clients are predominantly institutional.
Leveraged FundsThese are typically hedge funds and various types of money managers, including registered commodity trading advisors (CTAs); registered commodity pool operators (CPOs) or unregistered funds identified by CFTC. The strategies may involve taking outright positions or arbitrage within and across markets. The traders may be engaged in managing and conducting proprietary futures trading and trading on behalf of speculative clients.
Other ReportablesReportable traders that are not placed into one of the first three categories are placed into the "other reportables" category. The traders in this category mostly are using markets to hedge business risk, whether that risk is related to foreign exchange, equities or interest rates. This category includes corporate treasuries, central banks, smaller banks, mortgage originators, credit unions and any other reportable traders not assigned to the other three categories.