{"id":9797,"date":"2022-10-13T05:06:54","date_gmt":"2022-10-13T05:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdr.foobrdigital.com\/?p=9797"},"modified":"2022-10-13T05:06:54","modified_gmt":"2022-10-13T05:06:54","slug":"commitment-of-traders-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/2022\/10\/13\/commitment-of-traders-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Commitment of Traders Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Let\u2019s now learn about the COT Report.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, publishes the\u00a0Commitment of Traders report\u00a0(COT) every Friday, around 2:30 pm EST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Because the COT measures the net long and short positions taken by speculative traders and commercial traders, it is a great resource to gauge how heavily these market players are positioned in the market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2010\/11\/08211134\/soccer-players-780x455.jpg\" alt=\"COT Report\" class=\"wp-image-153835\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Later on, we\u2019ll let you meet these market players. These are the&nbsp;<strong>hedgers, large speculators, and retail traders<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just like players in a team sport, each group has its unique characteristics and roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By watching the behavior of these players, you\u2019ll be able to foresee incoming changes in market sentiment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019re probably asking yourself, \u201cWhy the heck do I need to use data from the FX futures market?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDoesn\u2019t the spot FX market have a report that measures how currency traders are positioned?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a spot forex&nbsp;trader! Activity in the futures market doesn\u2019t involve me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Remember, since spot forex\u00a0is traded over-the-counter (OTC), transactions do not pass through a centralized exchange like the\u00a0Chicago Mercantile Exchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So what\u2019s the closest thing we can get our hands on to see the state of the market and how the big players are moving their money?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yep, you got it\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Commitment of Traders Report from the futures market.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bpcdn.co\/images\/2010\/11\/08211628\/cot-report-icon.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-153837\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Before we dive into how to use the Commitment of Traders report as a forex trader, you have to first know WHERE to go to get the COT report and HOW to read it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let\u2019s now learn about the COT Report. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or CFTC, publishes the\u00a0Commitment of Traders report\u00a0(COT) every Friday, around 2:30 pm EST. Because the COT measures the net long and short positions taken by speculative traders and commercial traders, it is a great resource to gauge how heavily these market players are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[772],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9797"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mudassirbackup.infinitycodestudio.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}