Positioning extremes

Positioning from the CFTC Commitments of Traders report, Legacy futures-only. Markets listed below set a positioning record in one or more trader categories within the last 8 reporting weeks.

In record this week

In record this week
Market	Group	Large specs			Commercials			Small specs
Market		Large specsTilt	Pct	Record	CommercialsTilt	Pct	Record	Small specsTilt	Pct	Record
Natural Gas	energy	-32.1%	8	no record	+23.5%	90	553w long	+19.4%	22	no record
Commercials most long in 553 weeks
Euro FX	fx	-23.8%	16	348w short	+12.8%	80	348w long	+21.4%	57	no record
Large specs most short in 348 weeksCommercials most long in 348 weeks
Corn	ags	+30.7%	66	no record	-10.6%	33	no record	-3.5%	79	118w long
Small specs most long in 118 weeks
Platinum	metal	+20.4%	30	no record	-19.0%	89	81w long	+25.2%	8	56w short
Commercials most long in 81 weeksSmall specs most short in 56 weeks
Copper	metal	+35.8%	90	no record	-17.4%	34	73w long	+17.5%	65	65w short
Commercials most long in 73 weeksSmall specs most short in 65 weeks
Palladium	metal	-31.7%	27	72w short · 20 Oct	+55.9%	82	73w long	+21.1%	68	no record
Large specs were most short in 72 weeks (20 Oct)Commercials most long in 73 weeks
Japanese Yen	fx	+29.1%	81	53w long · 15 Sept	-32.5%	8	66w short	+5.0%	80	no record
Large specs were most long in 53 weeks (15 Sept)Commercials most short in 66 weeks

Record set earlier, no longer standing (last 8 weekly reports)

Record set earlier, no longer standing (last 8 weekly reports)
Market	Group	Large specs			Commercials			Small specs
Market		Large specsTilt	Pct	Record	CommercialsTilt	Pct	Record	Small specsTilt	Pct	Record
Gold	metal	+71.4%	89	87w long · 15 Sept	-62.7%	11	610w short · 8 Sept	+42.9%	78	no record
Large specs were most long in 87 weeks (15 Sept)Commercials were most short on record (11.9 years of data, 8 Sept)
British Pound	fx	-41.2%	18	no record	+35.7%	91	496w long · 13 Oct	-18.5%	36	no record
Commercials were most long in 496 weeks (13 Oct)
Nasdaq 100	index	+39.5%	85	486w long · 6 Oct	-18.4%	10	329w short · 20 Oct	+19.7%	92	no record
Large specs were most long in 486 weeks (6 Oct)Commercials were most short in 329 weeks (20 Oct)
Russell 2000	index	-13.8%	52	no record	+4.8%	62	477w long · 6 Oct	+15.6%	65	no record
Commercials were most long in 477 weeks (6 Oct)
Sugar No. 11	softs	+34.8%	59	106w long · 13 Oct	-20.8%	29	150w short · 13 Oct	+35.6%	84	275w long · 13 Oct
Large specs were most long in 106 weeks (13 Oct)Commercials were most short in 150 weeks (13 Oct)Small specs were most long in 275 weeks (13 Oct)
UST 5Y Note	rates	-42.8%	37	216w long · 22 Sept	+10.5%	55	204w short · 22 Sept	+2.0%	61	no record
Large specs were most long in 216 weeks (22 Sept)Commercials were most short in 204 weeks (22 Sept)
UST 2Y Note	rates	-40.6%	35	216w long · 29 Sept	+16.3%	73	179w short · 29 Sept	+8.7%	50	no record
Large specs were most long in 216 weeks (29 Sept)Commercials were most short in 179 weeks (29 Sept)
Swiss Franc	fx	-27.6%	60	140w long · 20 Oct	+23.5%	24	65w short · 8 Sept	-41.6%	30	91w short · 20 Oct
Large specs were most long in 140 weeks (20 Oct)Commercials were most short in 65 weeks (8 Sept)Small specs were most short in 91 weeks (20 Oct)
UST Bond 30Y	rates	-3.7%	68	no record	-1.8%	23	no record	+18.9%	82	124w short · 13 Oct
Small specs were most short in 124 weeks (13 Oct)
Silver	metal	+38.2%	46	no record	-33.8%	54	no record	+43.2%	66	113w long · 8 Sept
Small specs were most long in 113 weeks (8 Sept)
Brent Crude	energy	-27.5%	63	82w short · 22 Sept	+13.3%	17	no record	+25.6%	88	no record
Large specs were most short in 82 weeks (22 Sept)
Australian Dollar	fx	-38.8%	35	no record	+41.3%	66	no record	+35.9%	95	55w short · 15 Sept
Small specs were most short in 55 weeks (15 Sept)