Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday January 27, 2026: 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: Russell (bearish), Palladium (bearish). NPF 2-leg 80/20 full setups: Australian Dollar (bearish), Canadian Dollar (bearish), Russell (bearish), S&P 500 (bearish), Palladium (bearish), Orange Juice (bearish), Sugar (bullish).
| Positioning · Raw 3-leg 95/5 | Positioning · NPF 2-leg 80/20 | Index Momentum | Friction & Flow | Open Interest | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asset Class | Asset | Tape Bias | Signals | Comm Index | NonComm Index | NonRept Index | Comm Index | NonRept Index | Comm Move | NonComm Move | NonRept Move | WILLCO | NonComm Sentiment | OI Z | Max Pain Pull |
| Crypto | Bitcoin | Bearish | MACD SELL | 31 | 73 | 41 | 27 | 42 | -17 | +13 | +4 | 27 | 100 | -1.32 | – |
| Crypto | Ethereum | Neutral | 35 | 68 | 43 | 20 | 16 | +22 | -21 | -5 | 20 | 10 | +1.34 | – | |
| Currencies | Australian Dollar | Bearish | 14 | 80 | 87 | 17 | 83 | -20 | +21 | -13 | 17 | 100 | +2.12 | – | |
| Currencies | British Pound | Bearish | 34 | 61 | 93 | 45 | 84 | -34 | +30 | +50 | 45 | 94 | -0.34 | – | |
| Currencies | Canadian Dollar | Bearish | 0 | 100 | 89 | 0 | 87 | -34 | +31 | +38 | 0 | 100 | -0.38 | – | |
| Currencies | Euro | Bearish | 13 | 87 | 79 | 14 | 58 | +13 | -13 | -3 | 14 | 66 | +1.88 | – | |
| Currencies | Japanese Yen | Bullish | 90 | 7 | 39 | 89 | 41 | -10 | +7 | -1 | 89 | 10 | -0.70 | – | |
| Currencies | Mexican Peso | Bearish | MACD BUY | 5 | 94 | 82 | 17 | 71 | -22 | +24 | -4 | 17 | 85 | +1.60 | – |
| Currencies | New Zealand | Bullish | MACD SELL | 89 | 10 | 36 | 96 | 32 | +0 | +0 | +1 | 96 | 33 | +0.69 | – |
| Currencies | Swiss Franc | Neutral | 80 | 6 | 83 | 66 | 80 | -8 | +6 | +21 | 66 | 8 | +1.42 | – | |
| Currencies | US Dollar | Bearish | 69 | 33 | 37 | 69 | 41 | -1 | +1 | +1 | 69 | 95 | -0.69 | – | |
| Energies | Crude Oil | Bearish | 72 | 29 | 49 | 74 | 47 | -20 | +21 | +1 | 74 | 100 | +1.33 | – | |
| Energies | Gasoline | Neutral | 28 | 71 | 69 | 43 | 58 | -1 | +2 | +1 | 43 | 66 | +2.36 | – | |
| Energies | Heating Oil | Bearish | 25 | 83 | 52 | 27 | 46 | -6 | +13 | -13 | 27 | 48 | +0.83 | – | |
| Energies | Natural Gas | Neutral | 78 | 23 | 41 | 77 | 41 | +19 | -15 | -4 | 77 | 34 | +0.69 | – | |
| Equities | DOW | Bearish | 17 | 88 | 75 | 21 | 70 | -69 | +75 | -13 | 21 | 88 | -1.16 | – | |
| Equities | Nasdaq | Neutral | 58 | 30 | 62 | 42 | 67 | +52 | -44 | -38 | 42 | 19 | -1.22 | – | |
| Equities | Russell | Bearish | 4 | 93 | 64 | 5 | 69 | +4 | -7 | -36 | 5 | 90 | +0.42 | – | |
| Equities | S&P 500 | Bearish | 12 | 87 | 84 | 13 | 86 | -12 | +49 | -16 | 13 | 84 | -0.74 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 10-Year Note | Neutral | 52 | 50 | 49 | 37 | 47 | +18 | -7 | -34 | 37 | 75 | +1.75 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 2-Year Note | Neutral | 57 | 46 | 33 | 41 | 23 | -23 | +23 | -3 | 42 | 84 | +1.32 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 30-Year Note | Neutral | 16 | 72 | 72 | 13 | 74 | -15 | +19 | +2 | 13 | 73 | +0.20 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 5-Year Note | Bearish | BEAR TREND | 64 | 37 | 41 | 63 | 39 | -13 | +13 | -9 | 63 | 100 | +0.51 | – |
| Grains | Corn | Neutral | 68 | 29 | 83 | 63 | 81 | +6 | -7 | +3 | 63 | 37 | +0.60 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean | Neutral | 44 | 56 | 49 | 37 | 52 | +32 | -30 | -9 | 37 | 5 | +0.46 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Meal | Neutral | 50 | 52 | 35 | 51 | 53 | +15 | -15 | +15 | 51 | 47 | -1.17 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Oil | Bearish | STRUCTURAL BULLMACD SELL | 35 | 69 | 40 | 35 | 39 | -65 | +69 | +40 | 35 | 100 | +0.60 | – |
| Grains | Wheat | Neutral | 77 | 21 | 89 | 69 | 89 | +36 | -38 | +33 | 69 | 21 | +1.27 | – | |
| Live Stock | Feeder Cattle | Neutral | 41 | 48 | 44 | 43 | 61 | -59 | +47 | -36 | 43 | 21 | +1.76 | – | |
| Live Stock | Lean Hogs | Bearish | MACD SELL | 14 | 90 | 0 | 22 | 22 | -72 | +78 | -68 | 22 | 63 | +2.31 | – |
| Live Stock | Live Cattle | Neutral | MACD SELL | 47 | 43 | 96 | 42 | 96 | -50 | +38 | +9 | 42 | 34 | +0.39 | – |
| Metals | Copper | Neutral | 22 | 67 | 99 | 26 | 97 | +18 | -23 | -1 | 26 | 28 | +1.75 | – | |
| Metals | Gold | Neutral | 59 | 32 | 91 | 62 | 95 | +29 | -32 | -9 | 62 | 39 | +0.41 | – | |
| Metals | Palladium | Bearish | 0 | 96 | 95 | 0 | 89 | +0 | -4 | +27 | 0 | 80 | +0.43 | – | |
| Metals | Platinum | Neutral | 96 | 0 | 100 | 63 | 100 | +96 | -100 | +51 | 63 | 0 | -0.76 | – | |
| Metals | Silver | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 60 | 100 | 52 | +9 | -13 | +17 | 100 | 0 | -0.19 | – | |
| Softs | Cocoa | Bullish | 89 | 11 | 92 | 87 | 97 | +33 | -42 | +92 | 87 | 9 | +1.81 | – | |
| Softs | Coffee | Neutral | 25 | 78 | 68 | 50 | 60 | -75 | +78 | +68 | 50 | 44 | +1.49 | – | |
| Softs | Cotton | Neutral | 46 | 48 | 47 | 27 | 55 | -3 | -1 | +22 | 27 | 67 | +2.49 | – | |
| Softs | Lumber | Neutral | 75 | 25 | 38 | 81 | 42 | -19 | +19 | -1 | 81 | 78 | -0.08 | – | |
| Softs | Orange Juice | Bearish | STRUCTURAL BULL | 0 | 100 | 83 | 0 | 99 | -100 | +100 | -14 | 0 | 83 | -1.04 | – |
| Softs | Sugar | Bullish | 94 | 7 | 9 | 92 | 11 | +2 | -3 | -1 | 92 | 52 | +2.13 | – | |
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