COT Signal Matrix — week of December 23, 2025

Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday December 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.

Raw 3-leg 95/5 full setups: S&P 500 (bearish), Soybean Oil (bullish). NPF 2-leg 80/20 full setups: Crude Oil (bullish), DOW (bearish), Nasdaq (bearish), Russell (bearish), S&P 500 (bearish), Soybean (bearish), Soybean Oil (bullish), Copper (bearish), 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
CryptoBitcoinNeutralMACD BUY6046466448+15-14+66438-2.17–
CryptoEthereumBearish188350817+18-17-4858+1.37–
CurrenciesAustralian DollarBearish3659923490-44+43+3134100+1.01–
CurrenciesBritish PoundNeutralLW MACO BULLMACD SELL6436418132-36+36+398157-0.89–
CurrenciesCanadian DollarBearishLW MACO BULL598722170-95+96+7221100-1.40–
CurrenciesEuroBearish010079063-30+27+250100+1.56–
CurrenciesJapanese YenBullish992299832+6-6+18984-1.30–
CurrenciesMexican PesoBearishMACRO BEAR SETUP1681882373-15+14+22385+2.13–
CurrenciesNew ZealandBullishLW MACO BULL8515399335-1+1+159327+0.59–
CurrenciesSwiss FrancBullish1000849082+0+0+82900+1.04–
CurrenciesUS DollarBearishLW MACO BULL6934327037-29+33-2770100-1.33–
EnergiesCrude OilBullish9413109210+0+5-219240-1.04–
EnergiesGasolineNeutral3762574250+37-38-434254+1.20–
EnergiesHeating OilNeutral3867503650+38-33-48360-0.33–
EnergiesNatural GasBullish8710349635+19-16-19964-0.25–
EquitiesDOWBearishEXHAUSTIONMACD SELL21659413100-67+61-21399-3.47–
EquitiesNasdaqNeutral293910019100+29-53+21935-1.01–
EquitiesRussellBearish1288878100-36+47+0887-0.48–
EquitiesS&P 500Bearish01001000100-38+61+00100-0.64–
Fixed Income10-Year NoteNeutral5348534052-5+9-234070+1.67–
Fixed Income2-Year NoteNeutral8221357527+13-12+07519+0.94–
Fixed Income30-Year NoteBearishMACD SELL1472751177-8+23-1611100+0.42–
Fixed Income5-Year NoteNeutral8021448343-6+7-198373+0.45–
GrainsCornNeutral5443804672-3+3+14677-0.66–
GrainsSoybeanNeutral1879911192+18-21+431163+0.33–
GrainsSoybean MealNeutralBULL TREND446074422+44-40-194456-2.37–
GrainsSoybean OilBullish100001000+23-23-251000+0.76–
GrainsWheatNeutral8022739576+80-78+739522+0.52–
Live StockFeeder CattleBullish964789672+3+4-22964-0.72–
Live StockLean HogsNeutralEXHAUSTION7919687145-21+19-287119-1.34–
Live StockLive CattleBullish9011838476-10+11-178411-0.90–
MetalsCopperBearish29496285-13+15-22100+1.10–
MetalsGoldNeutral20711002195-32+28+02171+0.91–
MetalsPalladiumBearish49473569+4-2-9583+1.01–
MetalsPlatinumNeutral3856693664+27-3-153656+0.27–
MetalsSilverBullish9313368733-7+13-28717-0.64–
SoftsCocoaNeutral4758314634-26+13+274653+1.25–
SoftsCoffeeBullish10002910033+82-86-231000-0.31–
SoftsCottonNeutral3361582664-31+32+426100+1.47–
SoftsLumberBullish928329235+5-3+59222+1.44–
SoftsOrange JuiceNeutralSTRUCTURAL BULL5449496250-46+49+46222-1.62–
SoftsSugarBullish8911159017-11+11+49054+1.13–

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