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Participants

Commitment of Traders (COT) Report

A weekly report showing the positioning of different trader categories in futures markets. Recognizing how different participants like this operate helps retail traders understand whose activity may be driving a particular price move.

Meaning

What Commitment of Traders (COT) Report means

A weekly report showing the positioning of different trader categories in futures markets. Recognizing how different participants like this operate helps retail traders understand whose activity may be driving a particular price move.

Trading context

Why it matters

It offers insight into how large speculators are positioned in currency futures. This is the kind of nuance that separates experienced market participants from beginners, since it only becomes practically useful once the basics are second nature.

Example

How traders may see it

Used by macro traders to gauge extreme positioning and potential reversals. Most traders come across this while reviewing charts, monitoring news feeds, or checking their account dashboard, and being able to spot it quickly is a useful practical skill.