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
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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
02/20/2001
106,088
(+3,279)
38,562
(-2,072)
16,291
(+652)
83,022
(+8,411)
19,170
(+1,979)
19,965
(-429)
148,782
(+5,910, +4.36%)
67,526 (+5,351, +8.61%) 82.51%
02/13/2001
102,809
(+8,835)
40,634
(+963)
15,639
(-757)
74,611
(+5,509)
17,191
(-1,256)
20,394
(+350)
143,725
(+6,822, +5.3%)
62,175 (+7,872, +14.5%) 78.64%
02/06/2001
93,974
(-3,535)
39,671
(-2,213)
16,396
(-2,451)
69,102
(-3,560)
18,447
(+500)
20,044
(+287)
135,682
(-5,486, -4.08%)
54,303 (-1,322, -2.38%) 72.94%
01/30/2001
97,509
(+4,216)
41,884
(+5,254)
18,847
(+3,221)
72,662
(-662)
17,947
(-3,992)
19,757
(-1,147)
141,156
(+3,445, +2.63%)
55,625 (-1,038, -1.83%) 73.9%
01/23/2001
93,293
(-3,614)
36,630
(-789)
15,626
(+1,883)
73,324
(+2,421)
21,939
(+2,604)
20,904
(-759)
140,120
(+873, +0.67%)
56,663 (-2,825, -4.75%) 74.65%
01/16/2001
96,907
(+15,765)
37,419
(-5,222)
13,743
(-2,035)
70,903
(+16,899)
19,335
(+76)
21,663
(+2,129)
139,180
(+13,806, +11.88%)
59,488 (+20,987, +54.51%) 76.69%
01/09/2001
81,142
(+13,115)
42,641
(-4,876)
15,778
(-1,967)
54,004
(+12,524)
19,259
(+249)
19,534
(+3,749)
126,527
(+11,397, +10.88%)
38,501 (+17,991, +87.72%) 61.51%
01/02/2001
68,027
(+5,025)
47,517
(-9,200)
17,745
(-1,195)
41,480
(+8,281)
19,010
(-4,875)
15,785
(-126)
114,491
(-1,045, -0.99%)
20,510 (+14,225, +226.33%) 48.48%
12/26/2000
63,002
(-2,912)
56,717
(+7,638)
18,940
(+1,732)
33,199
(-6,177)
23,885
(+1,757)
15,911
(-884)
114,850
(+577, +0.55%)
6,285 (-10,550, -62.67%) 38.19%
12/19/2000
65,914
(+5,770)
49,079
(+38)
17,208
(-1,626)
39,376
(+2,600)
22,128
(-583)
16,795
(+923)
114,708
(+3,561, +3.5%)
16,835 (+5,732, +51.63%) 45.82%
12/12/2000
60,144
(-4,938)
49,041
(+5,401)
18,834
(+1,932)
36,776
(-7,047)
22,711
(-424)
15,872
(-1,784)
110,455
(-3,430, -3.26%)
11,103 (-10,339, -48.22%) 41.68%
12/05/2000
65,082
(-10,460)
43,640
(+599)
16,902
(+497)
43,823
(-8,783)
23,135
(-253)
17,656
(-2,032)
113,455
(-10,216, -8.86%)
21,442 (-11,059, -34.03%) 49.16%
11/28/2000
75,542
(-9,136)
43,041
(+3,214)
16,405
(-90)
52,606
(-10,345)
23,388
(+1,271)
19,688
(-824)
124,950
(-7,955, -6.45%)
32,501 (-12,350, -27.54%) 57.16%
11/21/2000
84,678
(-5,645)
39,827
(-7,657)
16,495
(+350)
62,951
(+1,830)
22,117
(-1,211)
20,512
(-679)
132,633
(-6,506, -5.01%)
44,851 (+2,012, +4.7%) 66.1%
11/14/2000
90,323
(+8,662)
47,484
(-732)
16,145
(-6,353)
61,121
(+4,503)
23,328
(+2,078)
21,191
(+616)
140,258
(+4,387, +3.5%)
42,839 (+9,394, +28.09%) 64.64%
11/07/2000
81,661
(+1,660)
48,216
(+61)
22,498
(-1,810)
56,618
(+588)
21,250
(-896)
20,575
(-1,695)
138,300
(-1,046, -0.83%)
33,445 (+1,599, +5.02%) 57.85%
10/31/2000
80,001
(+9,413)
48,155
(-5,283)
24,308
(-6,430)
56,030
(+6,721)
22,146
(+179)
22,270
(+1,724)
137,818
(+3,162, +2.56%)
31,846 (+14,696, +85.69%) 56.69%
10/24/2000
70,588
(+4,299)
53,438
(+866)
30,738
(+1,430)
49,309
(+3,264)
21,967
(-1,013)
20,546
(+586)
135,064
(+4,716, +3.98%)
17,150 (+3,433, +25.03%) 46.05%
10/17/2000
66,289
(-7,467)
52,572
(+1,231)
29,308
(+3,831)
46,045
(-4,958)
22,980
(-19)
19,960
(+72)
129,680
(-3,655, -2.99%)
13,717 (-8,698, -38.8%) 43.57%
10/10/2000
73,756
(+5,299)
51,341
(-148)
25,477
(+2,033)
51,003
(+7,448)
22,999
(+1,337)
19,888
(+1,369)
134,015
(+8,669, +7.63%)
22,415 (+5,447, +32.1%) 49.86%
Price data: Database (1,022 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays