Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday November 18, 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: British Pound (bullish), DOW (bullish), Nasdaq (bearish), Cocoa (bullish). NPF CS 80/20 full setups: British Pound (bullish), Canadian Dollar (bullish), Japanese Yen (bullish), DOW (bullish), Nasdaq (bearish), Cocoa (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 | Neutral | 52 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 52 | -19 | +18 | -4 | 52 | 73 | -0.93 | – | |
| Crypto | Ethereum | Bearish | 17 | 86 | 45 | 9 | 16 | -13 | +22 | -30 | 9 | 78 | +1.86 | – | |
| Currencies | Australian Dollar | Bullish | 77 | 18 | 65 | 80 | 70 | +22 | -16 | -26 | 80 | 50 | -0.39 | – | |
| Currencies | British Pound | Bullish | 100 | 1 | 0 | 99 | 0 | +33 | -37 | -16 | 99 | 2 | +1.73 | – | |
| Currencies | Canadian Dollar | Bullish | 90 | 10 | 18 | 95 | 20 | -6 | +4 | +18 | 95 | 13 | +1.01 | – | |
| Currencies | Euro | Bearish | 18 | 86 | 61 | 17 | 51 | +11 | -9 | -18 | 17 | 49 | +1.42 | – | |
| Currencies | Japanese Yen | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 10 | 100 | 10 | +0 | +0 | +8 | 100 | 0 | -0.27 | – | |
| Currencies | Mexican Peso | Bearish | MACD SELL | 22 | 77 | 80 | 15 | 73 | -14 | +14 | +6 | 15 | 100 | +1.31 | – |
| Currencies | New Zealand | Bullish | 92 | 8 | 21 | 89 | 24 | +29 | -28 | -10 | 89 | 0 | +2.09 | – | |
| Currencies | Swiss Franc | Neutral | 65 | 24 | 49 | 78 | 46 | +25 | -43 | +4 | 78 | 30 | -0.03 | – | |
| Currencies | US Dollar | Bullish | 98 | 0 | 70 | 88 | 73 | +0 | -1 | +25 | 88 | 0 | +1.15 | – | |
| Energies | Crude Oil | Bullish | 89 | 13 | 30 | 89 | 32 | -11 | +13 | -34 | 89 | 29 | -0.65 | – | |
| Energies | Gasoline | Bearish | STRUCTURAL BULL4-YR SELL EXTREME | 0 | 100 | 86 | 0 | 78 | -47 | +61 | +17 | 0 | 100 | +0.75 | – |
| Energies | Heating Oil | Bearish | 6 | 99 | 79 | 9 | 72 | -13 | +19 | +2 | 9 | 96 | +0.94 | – | |
| Energies | Natural Gas | Neutral | 65 | 28 | 55 | 76 | 60 | -12 | +4 | +30 | 76 | 32 | -1.00 | – | |
| Equities | DOW | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 100 | 97 | 100 | +11 | -8 | +22 | 97 | 0 | -0.43 | – | |
| Equities | Nasdaq | Bearish | 3 | 83 | 100 | 8 | 100 | +3 | -17 | +36 | 8 | 83 | +0.77 | – | |
| Equities | Russell | Neutral | 55 | 34 | 93 | 61 | 89 | -2 | -3 | +14 | 61 | 70 | -0.69 | – | |
| Equities | S&P 500 | Bearish | 36 | 45 | 89 | 39 | 86 | -18 | +6 | -11 | 39 | 88 | +0.13 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 10-Year Note | Neutral | 46 | 47 | 84 | 30 | 77 | -5 | +4 | -1 | 30 | 94 | +2.57 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 2-Year Note | Neutral | 71 | 24 | 62 | 57 | 49 | +16 | -22 | +24 | 57 | 27 | +1.46 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 30-Year Note | Neutral | 30 | 43 | 84 | 27 | 84 | +9 | -3 | -16 | 27 | 45 | +0.70 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 5-Year Note | Bullish | 81 | 19 | 58 | 73 | 50 | +10 | -7 | -22 | 73 | 71 | +1.74 | – | |
| Grains | Corn | Bearish | 47 | 51 | 65 | 39 | 54 | -28 | +27 | -12 | 39 | 100 | +-0.00 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean | Bearish | 4-YR SELL EXTREME | 0 | 100 | 37 | 0 | 48 | -30 | +29 | -16 | 0 | 100 | +1.88 | – |
| Grains | Soybean Meal | Bearish | STRUCTURAL BULL | 0 | 100 | 30 | 0 | 38 | -80 | +69 | +16 | 0 | 100 | -0.76 | – |
| Grains | Soybean Oil | Neutral | 64 | 33 | 52 | 65 | 47 | +16 | -25 | +33 | 66 | 15 | +2.90 | – | |
| Grains | Wheat | Bearish | 0 | 100 | 6 | 0 | 0 | +0 | +4 | -59 | 0 | 100 | -1.71 | – | |
| Live Stock | Feeder Cattle | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 98 | 100 | 98 | +20 | -38 | +42 | 100 | 0 | -1.28 | – | |
| Live Stock | Lean Hogs | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 46 | 100 | 28 | +79 | -87 | +46 | 100 | 0 | -1.65 | – | |
| Live Stock | Live Cattle | Bullish | STRUCTURAL BEAR | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | +80 | -89 | +76 | 100 | 0 | -1.51 | – |
| Metals | Copper | Bearish | 25 | 72 | 85 | 8 | 77 | -3 | +3 | -4 | 8 | 88 | +0.46 | – | |
| Metals | Gold | Neutral | 54 | 45 | 90 | 50 | 83 | +19 | -22 | +12 | 50 | 37 | +0.33 | – | |
| Metals | Palladium | Bearish | 4-YR SELL EXTREME | 0 | 98 | 87 | 1 | 79 | -15 | +25 | -5 | 1 | 100 | +0.83 | – |
| Metals | Platinum | Neutral | 31 | 29 | 100 | 33 | 100 | -42 | -8 | +60 | 33 | 29 | -0.50 | – | |
| Metals | Silver | Bullish | 96 | 3 | 27 | 89 | 63 | +16 | -6 | -73 | 89 | 4 | -1.46 | – | |
| Softs | Cocoa | Bullish | MACD BUY | 100 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 0 | +0 | -38 | +0 | 100 | 0 | +0.02 | – |
| Softs | Coffee | Neutral | 92 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 9 | +81 | -69 | -68 | 24 | 68 | -2.08 | – | |
| Softs | Cotton | Neutral | MACD SELL | 57 | 39 | 33 | 58 | 39 | -39 | +32 | +11 | 58 | 70 | +0.95 | – |
| Softs | Lumber | Bullish | 92 | 9 | 27 | 100 | 24 | +14 | -12 | +11 | 100 | 0 | +0.59 | – | |
| Softs | Orange Juice | Bullish | 4-YR BUY EXTREME | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | +0 | +0 | +100 | 100 | 0 | +1.21 | – |
| Softs | Sugar | Bullish | 97 | 3 | 13 | 97 | 14 | +3 | -3 | -16 | 97 | 9 | +1.19 | – | |
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