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
07/16/1996
117,518
(-8,986)
97,101
(-2,113)
10,183
(-3,673)
42,189
(-7,441)
47,219
(+1,522)
35,630
(-1,583)
187,816
(-11,137, -5.99%)
20,417 (-6,873, -25.19%) 78.7%
07/09/1996
126,504
(-484)
99,214
(+3,765)
13,856
(+357)
49,630
(-2,680)
45,697
(+1,059)
37,213
(-153)
197,471
(+932, +0.5%)
27,290 (-4,249, -13.47%) 82.75%
07/02/1996
126,988
(+8,148)
95,449
(-3,642)
13,499
(-5,481)
52,310
(+3,300)
44,638
(-1,389)
37,366
(+1,620)
196,152
(+1,278, +0.7%)
31,539 (+11,790, +59.7%) 85.26%
06/25/1996
118,840
(+900)
99,091
(+779)
18,980
(+208)
49,010
(-1,718)
46,027
(+1,970)
35,746
(+4,017)
194,460
(+3,078, +1.7%)
19,749 (+121, +0.62%) 78.31%
06/18/1996
117,940
(+3,417)
98,312
(+5,517)
18,772
(+1,947)
50,728
(-2,656)
44,057
(-3,414)
31,729
(-911)
192,486
(+1,950, +1.09%)
19,628 (-2,100, -9.66%) 78.23%
06/11/1996
114,523
(+16,719)
92,795
(-10,914)
16,825
(-8,405)
53,384
(+15,387)
47,471
(-2,813)
32,640
(+1,028)
189,544
(+5,501, +3.17%)
21,728 (+27,633, +467.96%) 79.47%
06/04/1996
97,804
(-11,946)
103,709
(-22,304)
25,230
(+1,387)
37,997
(+6,188)
50,284
(-7,744)
31,612
(-2,187)
183,865
(-18,303, -9.55%)
-5,905 (+10,358, +63.69%) 63.18%
05/28/1996
109,750
(-6,070)
126,013
(-1,759)
23,843
(+566)
31,809
(-2,371)
58,028
(+1,043)
33,799
(-331)
202,685
(-4,461, -2.28%)
-16,263 (-4,311, -36.07%) 57.07%
05/21/1996
115,820
(+2,953)
127,772
(-8,063)
23,277
(+90)
34,180
(+5,957)
56,985
(-3,728)
34,130
(+1,421)
205,874
(-685, -0.35%)
-11,952 (+11,016, +47.96%) 59.62%
05/14/1996
112,867
(+8,460)
135,835
(-1,952)
23,187
(-2,688)
28,223
(+7,172)
60,713
(-165)
32,709
(+387)
205,744
(+5,607, +2.93%)
-22,968 (+10,412, +31.19%) 53.12%
05/07/1996
104,407
(-10,738)
137,787
(-1,139)
25,875
(+1,427)
21,051
(-4,435)
60,878
(+4,920)
32,322
(+1,183)
201,442
(-4,391, -2.25%)
-33,380 (-9,599, -40.36%) 46.98%
04/30/1996
115,145
(+719)
138,926
(+1,721)
24,448
(+304)
25,486
(+1,889)
55,958
(+1,252)
31,139
(-1,335)
206,658
(+2,275, +1.18%)
-23,781 (-1,002, -4.4%) 52.64%
04/23/1996
114,426
(+4,649)
137,205
(-1,517)
24,144
(-127)
23,597
(+5,916)
54,706
(-2,911)
32,474
(-2,788)
203,351
(+1,611, +0.84%)
-22,779 (+6,166, +21.3%) 53.23%
04/16/1996
109,777
(+17,575)
138,722
(-11,137)
24,271
(-17,949)
17,681
(+5,424)
57,617
(-418)
35,262
(+4,921)
201,839
(-792, -0.41%)
-28,945 (+28,712, +49.8%) 49.6%
04/09/1996
92,202
(+3,626)
149,859
(+9,715)
42,220
(+5,823)
12,257
(+665)
58,035
(+3,363)
30,341
(+2,432)
202,031
(+12,812, +7.13%)
-57,657 (-6,089, -11.81%) 32.67%
04/02/1996
88,576
(+4,259)
140,144
(-14,297)
36,397
(-3,072)
11,592
(+3,824)
54,672
(-13,008)
27,909
(-1,348)
189,385
(-11,821, -6.17%)
-51,568 (+18,556, +26.46%) 36.26%
03/26/1996
84,317
(-13,229)
154,441
(+6,690)
39,469
(+10,298)
7,768
(-4,339)
67,680
(+5,752)
29,257
(+470)
201,147
(+2,821, +1.5%)
-70,124 (-19,919, -39.68%) 25.32%
03/19/1996
97,546
(-848)
147,751
(-9,075)
29,171
(-5,061)
12,107
(+2,684)
61,928
(-2,957)
28,787
(-2,475)
197,708
(-8,866, -4.49%)
-50,205 (+8,227, +14.08%) 37.06%
03/12/1996
98,394
(-2,308)
156,826
(+4,183)
34,232
(+2,086)
9,423
(-433)
64,885
(+4,536)
31,262
(+564)
208,236
(+4,314, +2.23%)
-58,432 (-6,491, -12.5%) 32.21%
03/05/1996
100,702
(-2,052)
152,643
(-22,858)
32,146
(-11,960)
9,856
(+4,026)
60,349
(-1,375)
30,698
(+3,445)
206,708
(-15,387, -7.38%)
-51,941 (+20,806, +28.6%) 36.04%
Price data: Database (1,022 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays