COTs Timer

Ever wonder what the smart money is doing in the markets? You don’t need to pay big bucks to find out. Just read the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s free weekly Commitments of Traders report. The CFTC’s COT data is a Holy Grail of market info, listing trillions of dollars in positions in 200+ markets – gold, crude oil, natural gas, silver, forex, equity indexes and lots more. My trading system, which I posted about here for seven years, gave weekly trading signals based on the COT data.

Sunday, 24 February 2013

Bearish Natural Gas Signal Over Based on CFTC's Latest COT Data

New signals taking effect this coming week based on the latest Commitments of Traders data:

- cash for natural gas and copper
- bearish for the 30-year Treasury bond

See my latest signals table for more details on trader positioning in these and the other eight markets I'm trading based on the free weekly COT reports, issued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Good luck this week.

Monday, 18 February 2013

Banks Bullish, Bond to Cash

Two signals take effect on this week's open of trading based on the latest Commitments of Traders data: bullish for the BKX U.S. Bank Index and cash for the 30-year Treasury bond (which had been bullish previously).

See my latest signals table for more details on trader positioning in these and the other markets I trade using the free weekly COT reports issued by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Hope Canadian and U.S. readers are having a good holiday today, and good luck to all this week.

Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Bearish Turn for Copper in Trader Data

Had a great trip to beautiful San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, and I'm now back for my overdue Commitments of Traders update. I've just updated my latest signals table with the data as of Friday's COT report.

Only one signal takes effect this week: bearish for copper. Other signals remain the same as last week.

See my signals table for more details on the trader positioning in each of the markets I'm trading using the COT data from the CFTC. Sorry again for the delayed post.

Good luck this week.

Tuesday, 5 February 2013

Delay for Next Update

I'll be on the road for the next few days and will need to delay my next post and update of my latest signals table. This means the information won't be posted before next week's open of trading.

I'm going to take a chance and keep my current positions until I can do my next update.

Watch for the updated information sometime Tuesday. Sorry about the delay.

Friday, 1 February 2013

Smooth Sailing in COT Data

After a flurry of trader positioning changes a few weeks ago, now there is silence. No signals take effect next week based on the latest trader data as revealed in the weekly Commitments of Traders report from the CFTC.

My existing signals all remain in effect. You know what those are, don't you! Of course you do because you devotedly check my latest signals table to note with great care the latest developments in this fascinating and free data on how the big boys are positioned in 150-odd markets.

Wishing you a good weekend from sunny and beautiful Montezuma, Costa Rica. Now off to make some mojitos. Pura vida!

About This Site

I am an active trader and award-winning investigative journalist based in Lac Brome in Quebec's Eastern Townships, just outside Montreal. I have written about investing and business for The Montreal Gazette, Investor's Digest of Canada, Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, Futures & Options Trader, The Financial Post and others. I am not a certified financial advisor and am still refining my COTs Timer system. Please see more disclaimer information below. See my complete profile at the "Intro to COT" link above.

DISCLAIMER

I created this blog to record my personal, subjective observations about the markets, solely for my entertainment and that of interested readers and to foster research. Nothing on this blog should be construed as financial advice or an offer or recommendation to purchase or sell any security. I encourage anyone interested in the markets to do your own homework and/or consult a professional advisor. I am not a certified financial advisor and am still refining my trading system. I reserve the right to modify or stop publishing aspects of my system at any time or to delay updating my tables for whatever reason, or I may not do so in a timely manner. My system has resulted in very large drawdowns in some trades. Past backtested and real-time results are no guarantee of future performance. I will not be liable for any losses or damages of any kind that result from the content of this site. Although I consider the data, calculations and information on this blog to be reliable, I can't make any guarantees and won't be held liable or responsible for anything erroneous on this website. You are solely responsible for implementing safeguards of your data and system when you use this site and its content and links. It is up to the user of this site and content to protect yourself from worms, trojan horses, viruses and the like. I may hold positions in some of the securities mentioned in this blog.