COT Pack
CFTC Commitments of Traders positioning data for 13 markets, by type of trader, compiled from US government sources, updated daily, for informational and research purposes only. It is not investment advice. Product ID: tower_cot_pack
What you get
One ZIP every day, as CSV files with a README and the citation each source asks for:
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
| COT_LATEST.csv | The newest weekly report: one row per market and trader type (long, short, net, change from the week before, open interest) |
| cot/sp500.csv, nasdaq.csv, dow.csv, russell2000.csv | About 10 years of weekly reports for the four US stock index futures |
| cot/crude_oil_wti.csv, natural_gas.csv, gold.csv, silver.csv, copper.csv | The same for oil, gas and metals (producers, swap dealers, managed money, others, small traders) |
| cot/treasury_10y.csv, euro_fx.csv, japanese_yen.csv, british_pound.csv | The same for the 10-year Treasury note and three currencies (dealers, asset managers, leveraged funds, others, small traders) |
| README.txt, SOURCES.txt, LEGAL.txt | Plain-English guide, sources and citations, terms of use |
Good to know
- Positions are as of Tuesday and published by the CFTC on Friday (later after holidays). The pack is rebuilt every day at 22:30 UTC.
- Net position is long minus short; the week-over-week change is our calculation from the previous published report.
- Futures Only reports; Russell 2000 history joins the ICE and CME contracts (explained in SOURCES.txt).
- Source: U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission, Commitments of Traders. This product is not endorsed by the CFTC. It is information, not investment advice. Terms of use: legal notice.
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