Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday April 29, 2025: 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: Japanese Yen (bearish), S&P 500 (bullish). NPF CS 80/20 full setups: Japanese Yen (bearish), Mexican Peso (bearish), Swiss Franc (bearish), Crude Oil (bullish), S&P 500 (bullish), Soybean Oil (bearish), Orange Juice (bullish), Sugar (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 | Bullish | 84 | 27 | 46 | 87 | 40 | +64 | -64 | +37 | 87 | 0 | -0.27 | – | |
| Crypto | Ethereum | Neutral | 44 | 57 | 46 | 62 | 24 | +21 | -22 | +31 | 62 | 19 | +0.83 | – | |
| Currencies | Australian Dollar | Bearish | LW MACO BULL | 59 | 41 | 52 | 65 | 50 | -13 | +15 | +4 | 65 | 86 | -0.52 | – |
| Currencies | British Pound | Neutral | 54 | 40 | 69 | 45 | 77 | +3 | +1 | -9 | 45 | 69 | -0.63 | – | |
| Currencies | Canadian Dollar | Bearish | 11 | 100 | 29 | 8 | 16 | -53 | +60 | +10 | 8 | 100 | -1.46 | – | |
| Currencies | Euro | Bearish | MACRO BEAR SETUP | 28 | 64 | 100 | 25 | 100 | -21 | +11 | +54 | 25 | 100 | +1.09 | – |
| Currencies | Japanese Yen | Bearish | MACRO BEAR SETUP4-YR SELL EXTREME | 0 | 100 | 99 | 2 | 96 | -6 | +6 | +6 | 2 | 100 | +1.56 | – |
| Currencies | Mexican Peso | Bearish | EXHAUSTION | 56 | 43 | 57 | 5 | 83 | -4 | +2 | +15 | 5 | 100 | -1.20 | – |
| Currencies | New Zealand | Bearish | EXHAUSTION | 58 | 40 | 54 | 75 | 46 | -23 | +22 | +22 | 75 | 100 | -0.01 | – |
| Currencies | Swiss Franc | Bearish | EXHAUSTION | 10 | 88 | 89 | 1 | 87 | -53 | +55 | +39 | 1 | 100 | -1.23 | – |
| Currencies | US Dollar | Bullish | 94 | 12 | 25 | 88 | 32 | +35 | -32 | -14 | 88 | 3 | -0.50 | – | |
| Energies | Crude Oil | Neutral | BEAR TREND | 80 | 23 | 10 | 80 | 9 | -9 | +7 | -22 | 80 | 23 | +1.42 | – |
| Energies | Gasoline | Neutral | 68 | 34 | 27 | 70 | 30 | +9 | -10 | +1 | 70 | 31 | +0.01 | – | |
| Energies | Heating Oil | Neutral | 67 | 26 | 61 | 69 | 60 | +1 | -5 | +12 | 69 | 0 | -0.92 | – | |
| Energies | Natural Gas | Neutral | 58 | 49 | 7 | 68 | 7 | +12 | +10 | -65 | 68 | 29 | -1.11 | – | |
| Equities | DOW | Bearish | 71 | 55 | 5 | 67 | 7 | -23 | +42 | -5 | 67 | 100 | -0.69 | – | |
| Equities | Nasdaq | Bearish | 71 | 81 | 0 | 65 | 0 | +49 | +19 | -68 | 65 | 76 | -0.80 | – | |
| Equities | Russell | Bearish | MACD SELL | 71 | 55 | 0 | 69 | 0 | -4 | +17 | +0 | 69 | 97 | +0.04 | – |
| Equities | S&P 500 | Bullish | 100 | 13 | 9 | 100 | 11 | +85 | -68 | -49 | 100 | 0 | -0.38 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 10-Year Note | Neutral | 61 | 33 | 96 | 61 | 97 | -12 | +2 | +36 | 61 | 41 | +0.83 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 2-Year Note | Neutral | MACD SELL | 52 | 48 | 40 | 53 | 40 | -10 | +12 | -11 | 53 | 62 | +0.08 | – |
| Fixed Income | 30-Year Note | Neutral | 37 | 54 | 72 | 27 | 67 | +24 | -25 | -11 | 27 | 14 | +0.78 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 5-Year Note | Bullish | 4-YR BUY EXTREME | 100 | 0 | 85 | 100 | 82 | +15 | -7 | +10 | 100 | 0 | +1.86 | – |
| Grains | Corn | Neutral | 38 | 60 | 52 | 29 | 35 | +8 | -9 | +13 | 29 | 3 | -0.14 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean | Bearish | 34 | 66 | 59 | 33 | 62 | -21 | +18 | +28 | 33 | 100 | -0.08 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Meal | Bullish | 98 | 1 | 20 | 98 | 25 | +13 | -14 | -5 | 98 | 4 | -1.39 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Oil | Bearish | STRUCTURAL BULL | 22 | 78 | 79 | 18 | 84 | -54 | +51 | +68 | 18 | 100 | -0.48 | – |
| Grains | Wheat | Bullish | 4-YR BUY EXTREME | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | +22 | -27 | +57 | 100 | 0 | -0.15 | – |
| Live Stock | Feeder Cattle | Neutral | 50 | 19 | 93 | 46 | 57 | +14 | -81 | +93 | 46 | 19 | -1.31 | – | |
| Live Stock | Lean Hogs | Neutral | 68 | 27 | 100 | 59 | 100 | -32 | +27 | +6 | 59 | 27 | -0.48 | – | |
| Live Stock | Live Cattle | Neutral | 52 | 39 | 65 | 23 | 70 | -5 | -1 | -5 | 23 | 39 | -0.41 | – | |
| Metals | Copper | Neutral | 55 | 50 | 21 | 42 | 26 | +7 | -5 | -7 | 42 | 34 | -1.17 | – | |
| Metals | Gold | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 60 | 100 | 65 | +30 | -29 | -16 | 100 | 0 | -1.26 | – | |
| Metals | Palladium | Bullish | 80 | 18 | 73 | 84 | 59 | +15 | -14 | -10 | 84 | 0 | +0.96 | – | |
| Metals | Platinum | Neutral | 67 | 41 | 34 | 62 | 39 | +34 | -33 | +26 | 62 | 41 | -0.62 | – | |
| Metals | Silver | Neutral | 42 | 49 | 93 | 29 | 73 | +31 | -37 | +27 | 29 | 33 | -0.17 | – | |
| Softs | Cocoa | Neutral | 78 | 20 | 36 | 50 | 73 | -22 | +20 | +36 | 50 | 12 | -1.18 | – | |
| Softs | Coffee | Neutral | STRUCTURAL BULL | 52 | 49 | 81 | 38 | 85 | -48 | +49 | +71 | 38 | 26 | -0.70 | – |
| Softs | Cotton | Bearish | LW MACO BULL | 14 | 92 | 1 | 22 | 0 | -61 | +69 | -52 | 22 | 100 | -1.72 | – |
| Softs | Lumber | Neutral | 63 | 42 | 27 | 72 | 32 | +34 | -29 | -11 | 72 | 37 | -0.62 | – | |
| Softs | Orange Juice | Bullish | 100 | 9 | 0 | 88 | 0 | +0 | +9 | -37 | 88 | 4 | -1.58 | – | |
| Softs | Sugar | Neutral | 81 | 23 | 15 | 80 | 16 | +5 | +2 | -37 | 80 | 83 | -1.07 | – | |
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