Note on Spreads: You’ll see spreads are the only category to increase OI above: spreads between front month and deferred only ...

The 43-day COT report delay created a data vacuum, allowing "managed money" to build crowded, unseen market positions. The backfilled COT data caused a "positioning shock" in markets like soybeans, ...

Institutional investor activity, or "smart money," is closely tracked for market insights using CFTC's Commitment of Traders (CoT) reports, but those have been dark for weeks. This disruption has ...

Futures traders slashed bearish Bitcoin bets last month, a shift that preceded a 70% rally in 2025 and a 190% surge in 2023.