Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday December 17, 2024: Commercial and Speculator positioning indexes on raw and OI-normalized bases, index momentum, WILLCO, sentiment and open-interest readings, with each model's setup verdict.
Raw CLS 95/5 full setups: New Zealand (bullish), Nasdaq (bearish), Silver (bullish). NPF CS 80/20 full setups: Australian Dollar (bullish), British Pound (bullish), Euro (bullish), Mexican Peso (bullish), Heating Oil (bullish), Nasdaq (bearish), Russell (bearish), Silver (bullish), Cotton (bullish).
| Positioning · Raw CLS 95/5 | Positioning · NPF CS 80/20 | Index Momentum | Friction & Flow | Open Interest | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asset Class | Asset | Tape Bias | Signals | Comm Index | Lrg Index | Sml Index | Comm Index | Sml Index | Comm Move | Lrg Move | Sml Move | WILLCO | Inst Sentiment | OI Z | Max Pain Pull |
| Crypto | Bitcoin | Bearish | 51 | 55 | 13 | 67 | 1 | -36 | +35 | -21 | 67 | 100 | +2.35 | – | |
| Crypto | Ethereum | Neutral | 37 | 49 | 70 | 56 | 30 | -3 | -12 | +45 | 56 | 70 | +5.48 | – | |
| Currencies | Australian Dollar | Bullish | LW MACO BULL | 72 | 33 | 24 | 84 | 16 | +61 | -65 | -27 | 84 | 0 | -0.85 | – |
| Currencies | British Pound | Bullish | 89 | 15 | 18 | 84 | 11 | +39 | -28 | -60 | 84 | 3 | -1.78 | – | |
| Currencies | Canadian Dollar | Bullish | 94 | 11 | 4 | 48 | 9 | +10 | -4 | -19 | 48 | 1 | +3.19 | – | |
| Currencies | Euro | Bullish | STEALTH BULL | 98 | 4 | 6 | 100 | 15 | +9 | -8 | -8 | 100 | 6 | -2.60 | – |
| Currencies | Japanese Yen | Neutral | 27 | 76 | 34 | 38 | 21 | -19 | +20 | +1 | 38 | 54 | -1.71 | – | |
| Currencies | Mexican Peso | Bullish | MACD SELL | 91 | 8 | 10 | 80 | 14 | +6 | -10 | +10 | 80 | 35 | -1.86 | – |
| Currencies | New Zealand | Bullish | 4-YR BUY EXTREME | 100 | 0 | 3 | 100 | 24 | +27 | -25 | -31 | 100 | 0 | +2.14 | – |
| Currencies | Swiss Franc | Bearish | 52 | 86 | 0 | 56 | 0 | +2 | +25 | -40 | 56 | 80 | +0.36 | – | |
| Currencies | US Dollar | Neutral | MACD SELLMACRO BEAR SETUP | 56 | 37 | 69 | 60 | 64 | -31 | +27 | +36 | 60 | 38 | +0.79 | – |
| Energies | Crude Oil | Bearish | 58 | 56 | 2 | 62 | 1 | -15 | +21 | +2 | 62 | 100 | +1.30 | – | |
| Energies | Gasoline | Bearish | 31 | 80 | 28 | 27 | 32 | -20 | +28 | -19 | 27 | 97 | +0.45 | – | |
| Energies | Heating Oil | Neutral | 81 | 32 | 0 | 83 | 0 | -3 | +17 | -21 | 83 | 43 | -0.02 | – | |
| Energies | Natural Gas | Neutral | 70 | 33 | 7 | 74 | 8 | -19 | +25 | -4 | 74 | 48 | +0.60 | – | |
| Equities | DOW | Neutral | 33 | 46 | 87 | 45 | 70 | +7 | -19 | -6 | 45 | 4 | +1.96 | – | |
| Equities | Nasdaq | Bearish | 5 | 100 | 20 | 15 | 15 | -27 | +29 | -10 | 15 | 100 | +2.56 | – | |
| Equities | Russell | Neutral | 16 | 74 | 81 | 20 | 69 | +1 | -9 | -7 | 20 | 29 | +2.71 | – | |
| Equities | S&P 500 | Neutral | 42 | 35 | 100 | 51 | 81 | +42 | -65 | +5 | 51 | 35 | +2.43 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 10-Year Note | Bearish | 52 | 49 | 72 | 60 | 76 | -8 | +10 | -11 | 60 | 100 | -0.61 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 2-Year Note | Neutral | 77 | 22 | 61 | 61 | 63 | -23 | +22 | -15 | 61 | 45 | +0.68 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 30-Year Note | Bearish | 17 | 68 | 63 | 16 | 55 | +0 | -3 | +6 | 16 | 89 | +1.69 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 5-Year Note | Bullish | 85 | 15 | 52 | 92 | 60 | -15 | +15 | -18 | 91 | 51 | +0.47 | – | |
| Grains | Corn | Bearish | 3 | 99 | 21 | 4 | 39 | +3 | +3 | -16 | 4 | 99 | +1.23 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean | Neutral | 78 | 23 | 71 | 70 | 80 | +5 | -5 | +8 | 70 | 48 | +2.02 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Meal | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 72 | 100 | 38 | +29 | -27 | -5 | 100 | 0 | +2.01 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Oil | Neutral | 41 | 63 | 7 | 40 | 7 | +41 | -37 | -93 | 40 | 40 | +0.75 | – | |
| Grains | Wheat | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | +24 | -38 | +79 | 100 | 0 | +0.97 | – | |
| Live Stock | Feeder Cattle | Bearish | MACRO BEAR SETUP | 9 | 99 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +9 | -1 | -6 | 10 | 99 | +2.29 | – |
| Live Stock | Lean Hogs | Bearish | EXHAUSTION | 3 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +3 | +0 | +0 | 0 | 100 | +0.21 | – |
| Live Stock | Live Cattle | Bearish | 0 | 100 | 16 | 0 | 25 | -6 | +6 | +13 | 0 | 100 | +0.73 | – | |
| Metals | Copper | Neutral | 60 | 39 | 50 | 51 | 63 | +19 | -16 | -30 | 51 | 0 | -0.63 | – | |
| Metals | Gold | Neutral | 70 | 34 | 21 | 9 | 37 | +20 | -14 | -43 | 9 | 34 | -1.33 | – | |
| Metals | Palladium | Neutral | MACD BUY | 60 | 37 | 79 | 76 | 65 | +21 | -21 | -6 | 76 | 47 | +0.49 | – |
| Metals | Platinum | Neutral | 64 | 36 | 69 | 74 | 38 | +46 | -45 | +24 | 74 | 36 | +1.55 | – | |
| Metals | Silver | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | +52 | -40 | -38 | 100 | 0 | +0.02 | – | |
| Softs | Cocoa | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 57 | 100 | 57 | +52 | -49 | -30 | 100 | 29 | -0.48 | – | |
| Softs | Coffee | Neutral | 93 | 1 | 67 | 56 | 70 | -7 | -3 | +67 | 56 | 1 | -0.91 | – | |
| Softs | Cotton | Bullish | 86 | 14 | 15 | 84 | 19 | +9 | -9 | -8 | 84 | 50 | +0.29 | – | |
| Softs | Lumber | Neutral | 65 | 41 | 29 | 74 | 33 | +23 | -16 | -14 | 74 | 27 | -0.52 | – | |
| Softs | Orange Juice | Bearish | 0 | 100 | 82 | 0 | 38 | -34 | +39 | +41 | 0 | 100 | +1.74 | – | |
| Softs | Sugar | Neutral | MACD BUY | 73 | 25 | 37 | 73 | 39 | +9 | -4 | -32 | 73 | 7 | +1.13 | – |
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