COT Reports & Positioning
How to read the Commitment of Traders report and use institutional positioning data.
The Commitment of Traders (COT) report is published weekly by the CFTC and reveals the net positioning of commercial hedgers, large speculators, and small retail traders. This module teaches you to extract actionable information from this often-overlooked data source.
Lessons
Introduction to the COT Report
The Commitment of Traders report is published every week by the CFTC. It reveals how large institutions are positioned — information retail traders rarely know how to use.
Identifying Extreme Positioning for Contrarian Trades
When large speculators are at historic extremes, the next big move is often the reversal. Learn to spot these setups before they happen.
Building a Multi-Layer Market Analysis Framework
Professional traders stack fundamental, structural, and price action confluence into high-conviction decisions. Here is how to build that framework.
Commercial vs Speculator Positioning Divergence
When commercial hedgers and large speculators are at opposite extremes simultaneously, the divergence is one of the most powerful contrarian signals in macro analysis.
Building a Weekly COT Analysis Workflow
Raw COT data is published every Friday. Turning it into actionable trading intelligence requires a consistent weekly process that most traders never build.