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
08/15/2017
122,138
(-3,030)
318,769
(+34,090)
277,730
(+31,353)
89,996
(-7,544)
40,360
(-414)
31,463
(+1,363)
477,921
(+27,909, +6.77%)
-196,631 (-37,120, -23.27%) 42.57%
08/08/2017
125,168
(-1,723)
284,679
(+14,403)
246,377
(+6,611)
97,540
(-12,554)
40,774
(-1,281)
30,100
(+1,758)
448,727
(+3,607, +0.88%)
-159,511 (-16,126, -11.25%) 53.57%
08/01/2017
126,891
(-22,035)
270,276
(+18,007)
239,766
(+19,467)
110,094
(-19,374)
42,055
(-1,332)
28,342
(-2,533)
448,709
(-3,900, -0.95%)
-143,385 (-40,042, -38.75%) 58.35%
07/25/2017
148,926
(-4,138)
252,269
(+25,570)
220,299
(+3,067)
129,468
(-27,626)
43,387
(-807)
30,875
(+178)
463,827
(-1,878, -0.45%)
-103,343 (-29,708, -40.34%) 70.22%
07/18/2017
153,064
(+5,246)
226,699
(+4,965)
217,232
(-405)
157,094
(-283)
44,194
(-1,261)
30,697
(-1,102)
484,204
(+3,580, +0.87%)
-73,635 (+281, +0.38%) 79.03%
07/11/2017
147,818
(+16,628)
221,734
(-16,682)
217,637
(-4,044)
157,377
(+29,495)
45,455
(-1,907)
31,799
(-2,136)
475,669
(+10,677, +2.67%)
-73,916 (+33,310, +31.07%) 78.95%
07/03/2017
131,190
(+13,693)
238,416
(-28,944)
221,681
(-14,905)
127,882
(+22,968)
47,362
(-41)
33,935
(+4,723)
457,201
(-1,253, -0.31%)
-107,226 (+42,637, +28.45%) 69.07%
06/27/2017
117,497
(+7,210)
267,360
(-7,943)
236,586
(-16,034)
104,914
(+2,969)
47,403
(+4,202)
29,212
(+352)
453,144
(-4,622, -1.14%)
-149,863 (+15,153, +9.18%) 56.43%
06/20/2017
110,287
(+5,094)
275,303
(-33,501)
252,620
(-44,558)
101,945
(-4,959)
43,201
(+3,015)
28,860
(+2,011)
445,841
(-36,449, -8.24%)
-165,016 (+38,595, +18.96%) 51.94%
06/13/2017
105,193
(-3,105)
308,804
(-15,848)
297,178
(-15,062)
106,904
(-871)
40,186
(-3,842)
26,849
(-5,290)
471,134
(-22,009, -4.74%)
-203,611 (+12,743, +5.89%) 40.5%
06/06/2017
108,298
(+4,547)
324,652
(+37,682)
312,240
(+61,698)
107,775
(+24,323)
44,028
(-376)
32,139
(+3,864)
494,041
(+65,869, +16.52%)
-216,354 (-33,135, -18.08%) 36.72%
05/30/2017
103,751
(-8,363)
286,970
(+565)
250,542
(+8,790)
83,452
(+1,467)
44,404
(-874)
28,275
(-2,479)
434,246
(-447, -0.11%)
-183,219 (-8,928, -5.12%) 46.54%
05/23/2017
112,114
(-1,605)
286,405
(+29,827)
241,752
(+20,220)
81,985
(-12,823)
45,278
(+167)
30,754
(+1,778)
462,572
(+18,782, +4.94%)
-174,291 (-31,432, -22.0%) 49.19%
05/16/2017
113,719
(+8,759)
256,578
(-12,804)
221,532
(-14,583)
94,808
(+8,699)
45,111
(+12)
28,976
(-1,707)
435,021
(-5,812, -1.51%)
-142,859 (+21,563, +13.11%) 58.51%
05/09/2017
104,960
(+5,906)
269,382
(-33,658)
236,115
(-39,917)
86,109
(-289)
45,099
(+317)
30,683
(+253)
433,033
(-33,694, -8.02%)
-164,422 (+39,564, +19.4%) 52.12%
05/02/2017
99,054
(-1,281)
303,040
(-11,875)
276,032
(-11,436)
86,398
(-393)
44,782
(+113)
30,430
(-336)
461,905
(-12,604, -2.91%)
-203,986 (+10,594, +4.94%) 40.39%
04/25/2017
100,335
(+2,566)
314,915
(+6,082)
287,468
(+8,157)
86,791
(+3,248)
44,669
(-2,153)
30,766
(-760)
475,985
(+8,570, +2.02%)
-214,580 (-3,516, -1.67%) 37.25%
04/18/2017
97,769
(-350)
308,833
(+23,350)
279,311
(+26,307)
83,543
(+3,205)
46,822
(-696)
31,526
(-1,294)
472,263
(+25,261, +6.34%)
-211,064 (-23,700, -12.65%) 38.29%
04/11/2017
98,119
(+2,004)
285,483
(+18,352)
253,004
(+13,943)
80,338
(-3,287)
47,518
(+3,929)
32,820
(+4,811)
456,131
(+19,876, +5.25%)
-187,364 (-16,348, -9.56%) 45.31%
04/04/2017
96,115
(-8,645)
267,131
(+10,257)
239,061
(+11,222)
83,625
(-6,394)
43,589
(+1,575)
28,009
(+289)
427,808
(+4,152, +1.11%)
-171,016 (-18,902, -12.43%) 50.16%
Price data: Database (1,022 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays