Gold

Futures Continuous gc.c
Open Interest 527,455 (+31,014, +7.48%)
Commercial Net -297,106 (-25,071, -9.22%)
Large Spec Net 251,238 (+23,606)
Small Traders Net 45,868 (+1,465)
COT Index 17.09% As of 01/13/2026
Last Update 01/13 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
06/15/1988
86,033
(-3,747)
79,009
(-3,721)
7,185
(-1,135)
10,455
(-612)
37,983
(+2,356)
41,737
(+1,807)
142,022
(-2,526, -1.89%)
7,024 (-26, -0.37%) 72.05%
05/31/1988
89,780
(-23,734)
82,730
(-3,891)
8,320
(+3,485)
11,067
(-2,335)
35,627
(+11,875)
39,930
(-2,148)
146,461
(-8,374, -5.89%)
7,050 (-19,843, -73.78%) 72.07%
05/13/1988
113,514
(-3,945)
86,621
(+2,269)
4,835
(+2,255)
13,402
(-6,277)
23,752
(-55)
42,078
(+2,263)
153,681
(-1,745, -1.21%)
26,893 (-6,214, -18.77%) 90.55%
04/29/1988
117,459
(+30,241)
84,352
(+2,180)
2,580
(-2,911)
19,679
(-4,762)
23,807
(-28,695)
39,815
(+1,217)
154,184
(-1,365, -0.94%)
33,107 (+28,061, +556.1%) 96.34%
04/15/1988
87,218
(+7,398)
82,172
(+6,539)
5,491
(+90)
24,441
(+418)
52,502
(-1,747)
38,598
(-1,216)
156,961
(+5,741, +4.12%)
5,046 (+859, +20.52%) 70.21%
03/31/1988
79,820
(-12,252)
75,633
(-7,181)
5,401
(-653)
24,023
(+522)
54,249
(+1,788)
39,814
(-4,458)
148,310
(-11,117, -7.38%)
4,187 (-5,071, -54.77%) 69.41%
03/15/1988
92,072
(+1,448)
82,814
(+7,908)
6,054
(+1,987)
23,501
(-6,306)
52,461
(-2,616)
44,272
(-783)
161,792
(+819, +0.55%)
9,258 (-6,460, -41.1%) 74.13%
02/29/1988
90,624
(-15,512)
74,906
(+5,808)
4,067
(+308)
29,807
(+3,177)
55,077
(+23,992)
45,055
(-197)
158,223
(+8,788, +6.23%)
15,718 (-21,320, -57.56%) 80.15%
02/12/1988
106,136
(+12,228)
69,098
(-482)
3,759
(-6,044)
26,630
(+7,593)
31,085
(+1,377)
45,252
(+450)
150,569
(+7,561, +5.67%)
37,038 (+12,710, +52.24%) 100.0%
01/29/1988
93,908
(+11,433)
69,580
(-11,167)
9,803
(-3,472)
19,037
(+9,243)
29,708
(-7,196)
44,802
(+2,689)
146,192
(+765, +0.58%)
24,328 (+22,600, +1307.87%) 92.83%
01/15/1988
82,475
(-3,472)
80,747
(-8,839)
13,275
(-1,248)
9,794
(+440)
36,904
(+3,258)
42,113
(+6,937)
146,350
(-1,462, -1.09%)
1,728 (+5,367, +147.49%) 70.67%
12/31/1987
85,947
(+4,485)
89,586
(-6,537)
14,523
(-6,389)
9,354
(+63)
33,646
(-5,986)
35,176
(-1,416)
150,106
(-7,890, -5.56%)
-3,639 (+11,022, +75.18%) 65.4%
12/15/1987
81,462
(+8,799)
96,123
(+3,562)
20,912
(-3,358)
9,291
(+838)
39,632
(-311)
36,592
(+730)
158,831
(+5,130, +3.75%)
-14,661 (+5,237, +26.32%) 54.6%
11/30/1987
72,663
(-4,953)
92,561
(+16,378)
24,270
(+13,403)
8,453
(-974)
39,943
(+9,105)
35,862
(+2,151)
152,206
(+17,555, +14.71%)
-19,898 (-21,331, -1488.56%) 49.46%
11/13/1987
77,616
(+11,849)
76,183
(-4,026)
10,867
(-4,376)
9,427
(+11)
30,838
(-7,504)
33,711
(+3,984)
132,803
(-31, -0.03%)
1,433 (+15,875, +109.92%) 70.38%
10/30/1987
65,767
(+4,413)
80,209
(-11,019)
15,243
(-4,605)
9,416
(+2,315)
38,342
(-10,060)
29,727
(-1,548)
133,422
(-10,252, -7.91%)
-14,442 (+15,432, +51.66%) 54.81%
10/15/1987
61,354
(-3,507)
91,228
(+4,251)
19,848
(+2,765)
7,101
(-2,880)
48,402
(-72)
31,275
(-2,185)
143,498
(-814, -0.62%)
-29,874 (-7,758, -35.08%) 39.68%
09/30/1987
64,861
(-5,282)
86,977
(-6,261)
17,083
(+887)
9,981
(-2,268)
48,474
(+509)
33,460
(+4,643)
142,634
(-3,886, -2.89%)
-22,116 (+979, +4.24%) 47.29%
09/15/1987
70,143
(+382)
93,238
(+6,959)
16,196
(-307)
12,249
(-3,730)
47,965
(-1,569)
28,817
(-4,723)
146,895
(-1,494, -1.1%)
-23,095 (-6,577, -39.82%) 46.33%
08/31/1987
69,761
(+6,135)
86,279
(-8,754)
16,503
(-2,109)
15,979
(+5,577)
49,534
(-5,664)
33,540
(+1,539)
148,815
(-1,638, -1.19%)
-16,518 (+14,889, +47.41%) 52.78%
Price data: Database (1,020 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays