COT Positioning | Metavulus Intelligence

Showing 6 of 16 markets in preview.

BTC

Crypto

Bitcoin Futures

Metavulus read: Bearish 35.9%Speculative funds net short

Read source: Leveraged funds•Confidence: Low•Net % OI: -35.9%•Report: 04 Aug 2026

BearishWeak

XAU

Commodities

Gold

Metavulus read: Bearish 35.2%Crowded managed-money longs

Read source: Managed money•Confidence: Medium•Net % OI: +35.2%•Report: 04 Aug 2026

BearishMixed

NQ

Indices

Nasdaq 100

Metavulus read: Bearish 30.0%Speculative funds net short

Read source: Leveraged funds•Confidence: Low•Net % OI: -30.0%•Report: 04 Aug 2026

BearishWeak

CAD

Canadian Dollar

Metavulus read: Bearish 27.9%Speculative funds net short

Read source: Leveraged funds•Confidence: Low•Net % OI: -27.9%•Report: 04 Aug 2026

BearishWeak

HG

Commodities

Copper

Metavulus read: Bearish 26.2%Crowded managed-money longs

Read source: Managed money•Confidence: Low•Net % OI: +26.2%•Report: 04 Aug 2026

BearishMixed

ZB

Rates

U.S. Treasury Bond

Metavulus read: Bearish 20.1%Speculative funds net short

Read source: Leveraged funds•Confidence: Low•Net % OI: -20.1%•Report: 04 Aug 2026

BearishWeak

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Educational market context only — not financial advice, a recommendation, or a trade signal. A bias, read, or confidence score still needs your own price confirmation, invalidation, and risk limits. Analysis can be wrong.

Methodology

TFF markets use leveraged funds as the speculative-money read. Disaggregated commodity markets use managed money as a crowding input: crowded managed-money longs lean bearish, crowded managed-money shorts lean bullish.

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Commodities

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Indices

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Rates

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Crypto

0 Bullish1 Bearish

Volatility

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Evidence read

CFTC buckets are aggregate trader classes, not individual winners. Leveraged funds are the cleanest TFF speculative-flow proxy. In commodities, managed money often behaves like crowded trend-following flow, while swap dealers, producers, and merchants remain hedging or risk-transfer context.

Source and limitations

CFTC COT is weekly aggregate reportable-trader data. It usually reflects Tuesday positioning and is released Friday afternoon ET. It does not show individual funds, live order flow, or guaranteed direction.

COT timing

Latest report

04 Aug 2026

Next expected report

Fri 14 Aug, 15:30 GMT-4 / Sat 15 Aug, 02:30 GMT+7

This is not hourly market flow. The report is usually Tuesday close positioning, released Friday at 3:30pm ET, so it can be several sessions behind fast-moving price action.

Use COT as positioning context only. Confirm with current price, news, liquidity, and invalidation before taking risk.

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Weekly CFTC data. Positions are usually Tuesday close data, published Friday at 3:30pm ET.

COT smart-money positioning, without blindly following crowded funds.

BTC

XAU

NQ

CAD

HG

ZB