In this episode we analyze extreme positions of Traders in the Commitments of Traders Report (COT report). This is one of the best tools that can help us identify major changes in market trends. Large stresses in a market usually erupt by shifting a trend.
In this episode we start moving on to the analysis of the Commitments of Traders report (COT report) and show you how to analyze changes in Traders positions. Large changes in Commercials, Large Speculators and Small Speculators are excellent COT signals.
In this episode we show you the different COT Report and Data types that are available. We talk about the Classic (or in other words Legacy) COT Report, the Disaggregated COT Report, TIFF (Traders in Financial Futures) COT Report and the CIT (Commodity Index Traders) COT Report. We also explain the differences between the Futures only, the Futures & Options and the Options only Data types.
In this episode we introduce you to the Commitments of Traders Report (COT Report) and explain the basics about it: who makes and publishes the COT report, when the COT report is released and what is it used for.