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
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Historical COT Data
19 records with weekly changes
Date Commercials Large Speculators Small Traders Open Interest Net Commercial COT Index
Long Short Long Short Long Short
10/15/1986
70,584
(+13,071)
89,512
(+4,273)
21,274
(-1,147)
10,239
(+2,399)
45,809
(+318)
37,916
(+5,570)
147,411
(+12,242, +9.76%)
-18,928 (+8,798, +31.73%) 14.82%
09/30/1986
57,513
(-11,875)
85,239
(-10,558)
22,421
(-2,386)
7,840
(-2,583)
45,491
(+2,437)
32,346
(+1,317)
136,574
(-11,824, -8.61%)
-27,726 (-1,317, -4.99%) 0.0%
09/15/1986
69,388
(-153)
95,797
(+11,287)
24,807
(+1,578)
10,423
(+132)
43,054
(+6,426)
31,029
(-3,568)
149,809
(+7,851, +6.07%)
-26,409 (-11,440, -76.42%) 0.0%
08/29/1986
69,541
(+2,208)
84,510
(+2,057)
23,229
(-5)
10,291
(-298)
36,628
(-695)
34,597
(-251)
136,959
(+1,508, +1.18%)
-14,969 (+151, +1.0%) 0.32%
08/15/1986
67,333
(-2,564)
82,453
(+10,513)
23,234
(+4,617)
10,589
(+1,049)
37,323
(+6,143)
34,848
(-3,366)
134,903
(+8,196, +6.85%)
-15,120 (-13,077, -640.09%) 0.0%
07/31/1986
69,897
(-16,181)
71,940
(+4,265)
18,617
(+11,882)
9,540
(-2,443)
31,180
(+7,839)
38,214
(+1,718)
125,988
(+3,540, +3.05%)
-2,043 (-20,446, -111.1%) 17.17%
07/15/1986
86,078
(-2,483)
67,675
(+5,124)
6,735
(+1,374)
11,983
(-1,648)
23,341
(+2,297)
36,496
(-2,288)
121,925
(+1,188, +1.03%)
18,403 (-7,607, -29.25%) 67.45%
06/30/1986
88,561
(+19,003)
62,551
(-4,391)
5,361
(-6,296)
13,631
(+2,792)
21,044
(-8,254)
38,784
(+6,052)
120,954
(+4,453, +4.03%)
26,010 (+23,394, +894.27%) 86.15%
06/13/1986
69,558
(-9,104)
66,942
(+10,040)
11,657
(+6,675)
10,839
(-2,844)
29,298
(+3,439)
32,732
(-6,186)
115,960
(+1,010, +0.92%)
2,616 (-19,144, -87.98%) 28.63%
05/30/1986
78,662
(-16,282)
56,902
(-14,758)
4,982
(+333)
13,683
(+3,308)
25,859
(+772)
38,918
(-3,727)
115,038
(-15,177, -12.17%)
21,760 (-1,524, -6.55%) 75.7%
05/15/1986
94,944
(+6,175)
71,660
(-1,150)
4,649
(-3,510)
10,375
(-144)
25,087
(-6,086)
42,645
(-2,127)
132,147
(-3,421, -2.67%)
23,284 (+7,325, +45.9%) 79.45%
04/30/1986
88,769
(-10,871)
72,810
(+4,813)
8,159
(+1,354)
10,519
(-9,897)
31,173
(+1,914)
44,772
(-2,519)
132,088
(-7,603, -5.6%)
15,959 (-15,684, -49.57%) 61.44%
04/15/1986
99,640
(+10,743)
67,997
(+826)
6,805
(-3,012)
20,416
(+9,010)
29,259
(-2,593)
47,291
(-4,698)
138,825
(+5,138, +3.94%)
31,643 (+9,917, +45.65%) 100.0%
03/31/1986
88,897
(+2,972)
67,171
(-11,482)
9,817
(-2,820)
11,406
(+391)
31,852
(-1,064)
51,989
(+10,179)
136,568
(-912, -0.69%)
21,726 (+14,454, +198.76%) 100.0%
03/14/1986
85,925
(-8,201)
78,653
(+2,453)
12,637
(+4,646)
11,015
(-1,207)
32,916
(+4,486)
41,810
(-315)
142,868
(+931, +0.71%)
7,272 (-10,654, -59.43%) 60.1%
02/28/1986
94,126
(-704)
76,200
(-535)
7,991
(+2,534)
12,222
(-7)
28,430
(-948)
42,125
(+1,424)
143,752
(+882, +0.68%)
17,926 (-169, -0.93%) 99.38%
02/14/1986
94,830
(+12,568)
76,735
(-8,515)
5,457
(-9,907)
12,229
(+2,926)
29,378
(-7,057)
40,701
(+1,193)
139,995
(-4,396, -3.28%)
18,095 (+21,083, +705.59%) 100.0%
01/31/1986
82,262
(+1,300)
85,250
(-4,740)
15,364
(-3,225)
9,303
(+1,597)
36,435
(-162)
39,508
(+1,056)
144,149
(-2,087, -1.53%)
-2,988 (+6,040, +66.9%) 100.0%
01/15/1986
80,962
(0)
89,990
(0)
18,589
(0)
7,706
(0)
36,597
(0)
38,452
(0)
148,186
(0, 0%)
-9,028 (0, 0%) 50%
Price data: Database (1,020 records) Futures Continuous
COT data: CFTC • Updated weekly on Fridays