Gold

Futures Continuous gc.c
Open Interest 528,004 (-2,008, -0.45%)
Commercial Net -289,689 (+7,417, +2.5%)
Large Spec Net 244,770 (-6,468)
Small Traders Net 44,919 (-949)
COT Index 20.06% As of 01/20/2026
Last Update 01/20 Weekly Report
Gold Price
Futures Continuous • D / W / M
COT Positioning Chart
Net positions over time
Gold COT Index
Current positioning
0% = Lowest in 3 years | 50% = Middle | 100% = Highest
COT Positioning Trends
Line chart trends
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Historical COT Data
20 records with weekly changes
Date Commercials Large Speculators Small Traders Open Interest Net Commercial COT Index
Long Short Long Short Long Short
10/09/2018
174,309
(+4,938)
148,443
(-12,053)
179,746
(-12,744)
217,921
(+3,609)
47,441
(-1,845)
35,132
(-1,207)
465,253
(-9,651, -2.35%)
25,866 (+16,991, +191.45%) 100.0%
10/02/2018
169,371
(+1,467)
160,496
(-328)
192,490
(-450)
214,312
(+3,724)
49,286
(+1,748)
36,339
(-631)
459,776
(+2,765, +0.68%)
8,875 (+1,795, +25.35%) 100.0%
09/25/2018
167,904
(-3,389)
160,824
(-8,778)
192,940
(-4,857)
210,588
(+1,947)
47,538
(+3,670)
36,970
(+2,255)
460,279
(-4,576, -1.11%)
7,080 (+5,389, +318.69%) 100.0%
09/18/2018
171,293
(+2,101)
169,602
(+423)
197,797
(-570)
208,641
(+2,684)
43,868
(-3,998)
34,715
(-5,574)
469,436
(-2,467, -0.59%)
1,691 (+1,678, +12907.69%) 98.61%
09/11/2018
169,192
(+460)
169,179
(+6,972)
198,367
(-1,395)
205,957
(-7,302)
47,866
(-1,303)
40,289
(-1,908)
469,450
(-2,238, -0.54%)
13 (-6,512, -99.8%) 98.12%
09/04/2018
168,732
(+3,151)
162,207
(-11,636)
199,762
(-7,608)
213,259
(+2,826)
49,169
(+3,661)
42,197
(+8,014)
473,118
(-796, -0.19%)
6,525 (+14,787, +178.98%) 100.0%
08/28/2018
165,581
(-948)
173,843
(+5,629)
207,370
(-6,130)
210,433
(-11,777)
45,508
(+613)
34,183
(-317)
479,283
(-6,465, -1.52%)
-8,262 (-6,577, -390.33%) 98.06%
08/21/2018
166,529
(+2,334)
168,214
(-3,331)
213,500
(+1,721)
222,210
(+6,743)
44,895
(-1,478)
34,500
(-835)
483,730
(+2,577, +0.61%)
-1,685 (+5,665, +77.07%) 100.0%
08/14/2018
164,195
(+9,992)
171,545
(-8,267)
211,779
(+3,487)
215,467
(+19,863)
46,373
(-2,029)
35,335
(-146)
476,739
(+11,450, +2.79%)
-7,350 (+18,259, +71.3%) 98.68%
08/07/2018
154,203
(+8,949)
179,812
(-13,360)
208,292
(-963)
195,604
(+21,686)
48,402
(-1,616)
35,481
(-1,956)
459,474
(+6,370, +1.57%)
-25,609 (+22,309, +46.56%) 93.27%
07/31/2018
145,254
(-17,386)
193,172
(-35,136)
209,255
(-11,365)
173,918
(+1,895)
50,018
(-4,724)
37,437
(-234)
452,655
(-33,475, -7.64%)
-47,918 (+17,750, +27.03%) 86.66%
07/24/2018
162,640
(-18,626)
228,308
(-26,593)
220,620
(+2,193)
172,023
(+11,437)
54,742
(+3,251)
37,671
(+1,974)
496,620
(-13,182, -2.92%)
-65,668 (+7,967, +10.82%) 81.39%
07/17/2018
181,266
(+15,705)
254,901
(-11,054)
218,427
(+4,117)
160,586
(+27,710)
51,491
(-1,864)
35,697
(+1,302)
528,278
(+17,958, +4.15%)
-73,635 (+26,759, +26.65%) 79.03%
07/10/2018
165,561
(-7,356)
265,955
(-112)
214,310
(+3,827)
132,876
(+720)
53,355
(+2,256)
34,395
(-1,881)
503,593
(-1,273, -0.29%)
-100,394 (-7,244, -7.78%) 71.1%
07/03/2018
172,917
(+1,316)
266,067
(-497)
210,483
(+15,365)
132,156
(+13,710)
51,099
(+679)
36,276
(+4,147)
494,164
(+17,360, +4.16%)
-93,150 (+1,813, +1.91%) 73.25%
06/26/2018
171,601
(+10,126)
266,564
(-9,035)
195,118
(-7,797)
118,446
(+12,043)
50,420
(+3,347)
32,129
(+2,668)
468,573
(+5,676, +1.38%)
-94,963 (+19,161, +16.79%) 72.71%
06/19/2018
161,475
(+2,059)
275,599
(-24,404)
202,915
(+10,163)
106,403
(+33,891)
47,073
(-1,086)
29,461
(+1,649)
468,345
(+11,136, +2.78%)
-114,124 (+26,463, +18.82%) 67.03%
06/12/2018
159,416
(-4,608)
300,003
(+1,632)
192,752
(+7,431)
72,512
(-1,393)
48,159
(-2,425)
27,812
(+159)
448,695
(+398, +0.1%)
-140,587 (-6,240, -4.64%) 59.18%
06/05/2018
164,024
(-7,337)
298,371
(-9,679)
185,321
(-8,331)
73,905
(-4,617)
50,584
(-843)
27,653
(-2,215)
450,641
(-16,511, -3.96%)
-134,347 (+2,342, +1.71%) 61.03%
05/29/2018
171,361
(-31,740)
308,050
(-10,626)
193,652
(+3,975)
78,522
(-20,198)
51,427
(-3,131)
29,868
(-72)
469,382
(-30,896, -6.91%)
-136,689 (-21,114, -18.27%) 60.34%
Price data: Database (1,022 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays