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
09/27/2005
53,912
(-4,208)
248,026
(+2,829)
219,648
(-315)
53,548
(-8,289)
58,971
(+3,292)
30,957
(+4,229)
366,819
(-1,231, -0.37%)
-194,114 (-7,037, -3.76%) 1.39%
09/20/2005
58,120
(-5,082)
245,197
(+23,206)
219,963
(+44,678)
61,837
(+13,350)
55,679
(+168)
26,728
(+3,208)
363,315
(+39,764, +13.53%)
-187,077 (-28,288, -17.81%) 5.84%
09/13/2005
63,202
(+6,741)
221,991
(+16,913)
175,285
(+15,363)
48,487
(+3,817)
55,511
(-721)
23,520
(+653)
321,200
(+21,383, +7.84%)
-158,789 (-10,172, -6.84%) 23.73%
09/06/2005
56,461
(-2,374)
205,078
(+6,593)
159,922
(+1,081)
44,670
(-4,338)
56,232
(+5,246)
22,867
(+1,698)
299,192
(+3,953, +1.47%)
-148,617 (-8,967, -6.42%) 30.16%
08/30/2005
58,835
(+10,464)
198,485
(-43,760)
158,841
(-48,057)
49,008
(+1,797)
50,986
(-2,093)
21,169
(+2,277)
291,894
(-39,686, -12.87%)
-139,650 (+54,224, +27.97%) 35.83%
08/23/2005
48,371
(+2,256)
242,245
(+2,764)
206,898
(-1,660)
47,211
(-3,740)
53,079
(-1,367)
18,892
(+205)
331,804
(-771, -0.25%)
-193,874 (-508, -0.26%) 1.5%
08/16/2005
46,115
(-2,461)
239,481
(+40,075)
208,558
(+39,945)
50,951
(+37)
54,446
(+3,669)
18,687
(+1,041)
331,633
(+41,153, +15.36%)
-193,366 (-42,536, -28.2%) 1.81%
08/09/2005
48,576
(-6,758)
199,406
(+44,265)
168,613
(+49,672)
50,914
(-2,458)
50,777
(-974)
17,646
(+133)
287,839
(+41,940, +18.56%)
-150,830 (-51,023, -51.12%) 27.25%
08/02/2005
55,334
(-12,967)
155,141
(+4,031)
118,941
(+8,256)
53,372
(-8,291)
51,751
(-5,695)
17,513
(-6,146)
244,488
(-10,406, -4.4%)
-99,807 (-16,998, -20.53%) 57.83%
07/26/2005
68,301
(-7,690)
151,110
(-8,929)
110,685
(-5,887)
61,663
(-798)
57,446
(+3,355)
23,659
(-495)
256,886
(-10,222, -4.14%)
-82,809 (+1,239, +1.47%) 68.01%
07/19/2005
75,991
(+9,853)
160,039
(-17,007)
116,572
(-8,013)
62,461
(+11,598)
54,091
(-1,545)
24,154
(+5,704)
270,001
(+295, +0.12%)
-84,048 (+26,860, +24.22%) 67.27%
07/12/2005
66,138
(+11,391)
177,046
(-18,042)
124,585
(-22,148)
50,863
(+9,004)
55,636
(-291)
18,450
(-2,010)
269,891
(-11,048, -4.29%)
-110,908 (+29,433, +20.97%) 51.18%
07/05/2005
54,747
(+4,978)
195,088
(-20,255)
146,733
(-28,787)
41,859
(-3,730)
55,927
(+2,622)
20,460
(+2,798)
281,186
(-21,187, -7.6%)
-140,341 (+25,233, +15.24%) 33.54%
06/28/2005
49,769
(-2,154)
215,343
(+19,358)
175,520
(+13,282)
45,589
(-8,139)
53,305
(-1,200)
17,662
(-1,291)
303,385
(+9,928, +3.7%)
-165,574 (-21,512, -14.93%) 18.42%
06/21/2005
51,923
(-13,626)
195,985
(+42,346)
162,238
(+42,780)
53,728
(-8,869)
54,505
(+4,532)
18,953
(+209)
289,771
(+33,686, +14.34%)
-144,062 (-55,972, -63.54%) 31.31%
06/14/2005
65,549
(-6,072)
153,639
(+14,966)
119,458
(+7,662)
62,597
(-10,092)
49,973
(+3,005)
18,744
(-279)
257,034
(+4,595, +1.99%)
-88,090 (-21,038, -31.38%) 64.85%
06/07/2005
71,621
(-9,120)
138,673
(+4,936)
111,796
(-1,206)
72,689
(-7,348)
46,968
(+3,295)
19,023
(-4,619)
252,151
(-7,031, -2.96%)
-67,052 (-14,056, -26.52%) 77.46%
05/31/2005
80,741
(-11,174)
133,737
(-18,641)
113,002
(-1,963)
80,037
(+4,581)
43,673
(-2,549)
23,642
(-1,626)
255,995
(-15,686, -6.2%)
-52,996 (+7,467, +12.35%) 85.88%
05/24/2005
91,915
(+10,552)
152,378
(-8,846)
114,965
(-9,604)
75,456
(+6,831)
46,222
(-1,501)
25,268
(+1,462)
272,748
(-553, -0.22%)
-60,463 (+19,398, +24.29%) 81.4%
05/17/2005
81,363
(+1,991)
161,224
(-26,697)
124,569
(-10,150)
68,625
(+14,284)
47,723
(-937)
23,806
(+3,317)
274,382
(-9,096, -3.46%)
-79,861 (+28,688, +26.43%) 69.78%
Price data: Database (1,022 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays