Going Short Natural Gas Thanks to Trader Data; Cash for Banks and Copper

Three signals take effect on the coming week's open of trading based on the latest data from the weekly Commitments of Traders reports:

- bearish for natural gas
- cash for the BKX U.S. Bank Index and copper

See my latest signals table for details on how traders are positioned in these and the other markets I trade using the free COT data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission. Good luck this week!

Banks Go Bullish; Gas, Crude in Cash

Three signals take effect on the coming week's trading based on the latest Commitments of Traders data:

- cash for natural gas (then bearish in a week's time)

- bullish for the BKX U.S. Bank Index
- cash for crude oil

Other signals remain the same. See my latest signals table for all the details on the latest trader positioning as revealed by the free weekly COT reports from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Good luck next week - and happy birthday to me!

Bearish Lean Deepens in Trader Data; Short Copper, S&P 500, NDX and Crude

Trader positioning continues leaning in a bearish direction, with one more market flipping into the bearish column: copper.

That makes four of my signals bearish. The others are S&P 500, Nasdaq-100 and crude oil. As well, the 30-year Treasury is bullish - a generally bearish development for equities.

The Nikkei is the only equity market remaining bullish in my trading system based on the weekly Commitments of Traders data.

Among commodities, gold and natural gas are bullish (but gas goes to cash in a week's time). Silver is in cash, as is the BKX U.S. Bank Index.

See my latest signals table for more details on trader positioning in the markets I'm trading using the free COT data issued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Good luck next week, and Happy New Year to Ukrainian readers! (Veseloho Novoho Roku!)

Busy Week in COT Land: Six New Signals This Week

Another very active week this week among traders as reported in the weekly Commitments of Traders reports. My trading strategy based on the COT data gives six signals taking effect on this coming week's open of trading.

See my latest signals table for the new signals, plus more detailed info on how trader positioning has evolved over the past couple of weeks.

New signals: bearish for S&P 500 and crude oil; bullish for natural gas, the 30-year Treasury bond and gold; and cash for the BKX U.S. Bank Index.

Merry Christmas to Ukrainian readers (Khrystos Narodivsya!), and best wishes in 2013!