S&P500 Non-Commercial Positions:
Large speculators and traders decreased their bets in the S&P500 stock futures markets last week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
The non-commercial futures contracts of S&P500 futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of -6,586 contracts in the data reported through May 23rd. This was a weekly decline of -2,015 contracts from the previous week which had a total of -4,571 net contracts.
The decrease in bets for the S&P500 was for the third time out of the last four weeks and brought the bearish position to the lowest level since October 7th of 2104 when net positions totaled -7,327 contracts.
S&P500 Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, categorized by the CFTC as hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of 9,318 contracts last week. This is a weekly rise of 3,562 contracts from the total net of 5,756 contracts reported the previous week.
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the S&P500 index closed at approximately 240.05 which was a dip of -0.03 from the previous close of 240.08, according to market data.
*COT Report: The COT data, released weekly to the public each Friday, is updated through the previous Tuesday (data is 3 days old) and shows a quick view of how large speculators or non-commercials (for-profit traders) as well as the commercial traders (hedgers & traders for business purposes) were positioned in the futures markets. The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders/speculators). Find CFTC criteria here: (http://ift.tt/1BFu6fQ).
Article by CountingPips.com
May 28, 2017 at 02:17AM
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