COT Signal Matrix — week of September 23, 2025

Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday September 23, 2025: Commercial, Non-Commercial and Non-Reportable positioning indexes on raw and OI-normalized bases, index momentum, WILLCO, sentiment and open-interest readings, with each model's setup verdict.

NPF 2-leg 80/20 full setups: Canadian Dollar (bullish), Mexican Peso (bearish), S&P 500 (bullish), 30-Year Note (bearish), Lean Hogs (bearish), Cocoa (bullish), Lumber (bullish), Orange Juice (bullish), Sugar (bullish).

Positioning · Raw 3-leg 95/5Positioning · NPF 2-leg 80/20Index MomentumFriction & FlowOpen Interest
Asset ClassAssetTape BiasSignalsComm IndexNonComm IndexNonRept IndexComm IndexNonRept IndexComm MoveNonComm MoveNonRept MoveWILLCONonComm SentimentOI ZMax Pain Pull
CryptoBitcoinBearish3859563752-12+19-2137100-0.77–
CryptoEthereumBearish4-YR SELL EXTREME010054217+0+3-352100+2.67–
CurrenciesAustralian DollarBearish5934777082-21+20+187083-1.37–
CurrenciesBritish PoundNeutral6041656163-36+41-56141+0.92–
CurrenciesCanadian DollarBullish7032241006+37-36-361000-0.93–
CurrenciesEuroBearishMACRO BEAR SETUP893831068-1+9+01061+2.23–
CurrenciesJapanese YenNeutral8915167817+34-35+117822-0.96–
CurrenciesMexican PesoBearishMACRO BEAR SETUP386085887-16+16+128100-0.08–
CurrenciesNew ZealandBullish6040328023+19-19-4800-0.57–
CurrenciesSwiss FrancBearishEXHAUSTION2487574345-12+22-64366-0.74–
CurrenciesUS DollarBullish938269238-1+5-479218+0.67–
EnergiesCrude OilBullish929429243-8+9-269214+0.33–
EnergiesGasolineBearish3745903194-29+25+253185-0.78–
EnergiesHeating OilNeutralMACD BUY1478882075+0-10+102047+2.67–
EnergiesNatural GasNeutral6238326433+36-30-40640+0.95–
EquitiesDOWNeutralEXHAUSTION5446565957-26+35-115946-0.75–
EquitiesNasdaqNeutralEXHAUSTION4844434545+48-56-74530+0.00–
EquitiesRussellNeutralSTRUCTURAL BULL464510052100-53+45+515267-1.82–
EquitiesS&P 500BullishEXHAUSTION8717519063-13+17+119038-0.80–
Fixed Income10-Year NoteNeutral5636924489-16+12+74441+2.31–
Fixed Income2-Year NoteNeutral6632514439-19+14+164444+1.64–
Fixed Income30-Year NoteNeutral293810018100+5-24+71855+0.59–
Fixed Income5-Year NoteBullish8314808678-17+14+08693+0.78–
GrainsCornBearish6929736664-12+11-86687-0.46–
GrainsSoybeanNeutral3861733978-14+13+43936+1.56–
GrainsSoybean MealNeutral51600530-19+27-215370+0.79–
GrainsSoybean OilNeutral5548215522+34-33-49550+1.81–
GrainsWheatNeutral6530917492-13+11-67430+0.18–
Live StockFeeder CattleBullish100010010095+82-60+201000-1.80–
Live StockLean HogsBearishSTRUCTURAL BULL4-YR SELL EXTREME010079084-45+45+260100+1.40–
Live StockLive CattleNeutral3748631962-29+10+541931-0.62–
MetalsCopperNeutral3960662665+0+2-112648-0.21–
MetalsGoldBearish4100772059-35+45+1020100+2.40–
MetalsPalladiumNeutral2465933485-4+1-73350+0.74–
MetalsPlatinumNeutral56613560+12+4-795661+0.80–
MetalsSilverNeutral5736697755-27+35-317735+0.52–
SoftsCocoaBullish1001601000+49-33-631009+2.18–
SoftsCoffeeNeutral2475852288-76+75+562275+0.49–
SoftsCottonNeutral6832287234+13-14-27223+0.75–
SoftsLumberBullish8118168820+48-52+6880+0.65–
SoftsOrange JuiceNeutral1003211839+91-62-148365-0.63–
SoftsSugarBullish973179919+3+1-109912+0.37–

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