Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday March 17, 2026: 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: Soybean Meal (bearish), Silver (bullish), Cotton (bearish). NPF CS 80/20 full setups: Australian Dollar (bearish), Canadian Dollar (bearish), Japanese Yen (bullish), Crude Oil (bearish), 2-Year Note (bullish), Soybean Meal (bearish), Soybean Oil (bearish), Copper (bearish), Palladium (bearish), Cotton (bearish), Orange Juice (bearish).
| 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 | Bearish | 0 | 98 | 54 | 0 | 60 | -21 | +17 | +9 | 0 | 100 | -1.18 | – | |
| Crypto | Ethereum | Neutral | 37 | 66 | 49 | 20 | 23 | +3 | -4 | +9 | 20 | 7 | +1.07 | – | |
| Currencies | Australian Dollar | Bearish | MACRO BEAR SETUP4-YR SELL EXTREME | 0 | 100 | 91 | 0 | 89 | -1 | +5 | +2 | 0 | 100 | +1.92 | – |
| Currencies | British Pound | Neutral | LW MACO BULL | 70 | 30 | 35 | 86 | 30 | +35 | -33 | -46 | 86 | 27 | -0.20 | – |
| Currencies | Canadian Dollar | Bearish | 17 | 82 | 88 | 17 | 88 | +17 | -18 | -12 | 17 | 81 | +0.10 | – | |
| Currencies | Euro | Neutral | 61 | 38 | 53 | 51 | 50 | +61 | -62 | -38 | 51 | 0 | -0.01 | – | |
| Currencies | Japanese Yen | Bullish | MACD BUYLW MACO BULL | 100 | 0 | 18 | 100 | 12 | +18 | -16 | -34 | 100 | 0 | -0.24 | – |
| Currencies | Mexican Peso | Neutral | 35 | 63 | 89 | 21 | 89 | +20 | -20 | -3 | 21 | 0 | -0.09 | – | |
| Currencies | New Zealand | Bearish | 47 | 55 | 40 | 68 | 33 | -25 | +28 | -10 | 68 | 100 | -0.50 | – | |
| Currencies | Swiss Franc | Bearish | COMM CAPITULATION | 14 | 90 | 25 | 47 | 23 | -53 | +74 | -74 | 47 | 100 | -1.04 | – |
| Currencies | US Dollar | Bearish | 41 | 55 | 83 | 38 | 85 | -18 | +13 | +46 | 38 | 100 | +-0.00 | – | |
| Energies | Crude Oil | Bearish | STRUCTURAL BULL | 6 | 92 | 87 | 11 | 86 | -49 | +49 | +12 | 11 | 95 | +1.41 | – |
| Energies | Gasoline | Neutral | MACD BUY | 22 | 65 | 100 | 21 | 100 | -3 | -3 | +0 | 21 | 21 | -0.08 | – |
| Energies | Heating Oil | Neutral | 44 | 53 | 67 | 21 | 100 | +22 | -32 | +12 | 21 | 19 | -2.89 | – | |
| Energies | Natural Gas | Bullish | MACD SELL | 80 | 20 | 74 | 84 | 78 | -6 | +4 | +40 | 84 | 28 | -0.29 | – |
| Equities | DOW | Bearish | 26 | 81 | 67 | 33 | 51 | -1 | -7 | +31 | 33 | 80 | +1.33 | – | |
| Equities | Nasdaq | Neutral | 61 | 39 | 19 | 62 | 18 | -29 | +39 | -41 | 62 | 47 | +0.45 | – | |
| Equities | Russell | Bullish | 59 | 49 | 0 | 60 | 0 | +49 | -37 | -70 | 60 | 0 | +2.32 | – | |
| Equities | S&P 500 | Neutral | 38 | 78 | 33 | 43 | 11 | +4 | +14 | -42 | 43 | 73 | +2.04 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 10-Year Note | Bearish | 38 | 65 | 28 | 30 | 28 | -16 | +15 | -16 | 30 | 84 | +0.58 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 2-Year Note | Bullish | 4-YR BUY EXTREME | 100 | 1 | 20 | 90 | 10 | +16 | -23 | +1 | 90 | 0 | +1.69 | – |
| Fixed Income | 30-Year Note | Bearish | 27 | 81 | 54 | 26 | 59 | -6 | +12 | +4 | 26 | 62 | -0.37 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 5-Year Note | Bearish | 43 | 60 | 15 | 41 | 14 | -27 | +27 | -16 | 41 | 100 | +0.10 | – | |
| Grains | Corn | Bearish | 20 | 77 | 43 | 13 | 33 | -49 | +48 | -44 | 13 | 100 | +0.95 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean | Bearish | 9 | 93 | 16 | 8 | 31 | -34 | +35 | -31 | 8 | 87 | +1.88 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Meal | Bearish | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 94 | -44 | +40 | +87 | 0 | 100 | -0.60 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Oil | Bearish | BEAR TOP4-YR SELL EXTREME | 0 | 100 | 94 | 0 | 85 | -38 | +35 | +55 | 0 | 100 | +1.72 | – |
| Grains | Wheat | Bearish | 6 | 88 | 72 | 5 | 75 | -54 | +46 | +19 | 5 | 88 | -0.47 | – | |
| Live Stock | Feeder Cattle | Neutral | 49 | 71 | 4 | 44 | 0 | +49 | -29 | -14 | 44 | 72 | -0.51 | – | |
| Live Stock | Lean Hogs | Neutral | STRUCTURAL BEAR | 43 | 61 | 20 | 43 | 22 | +43 | -39 | +20 | 43 | 67 | +0.40 | – |
| Live Stock | Live Cattle | Bullish | MACD BUY | 87 | 14 | 53 | 100 | 49 | +79 | -62 | -27 | 100 | 25 | +0.39 | – |
| Metals | Copper | Neutral | 28 | 71 | 73 | 18 | 84 | +4 | +0 | -17 | 18 | 10 | -0.01 | – | |
| Metals | Gold | Neutral | 98 | 1 | 50 | 77 | 80 | -2 | +1 | -39 | 77 | 1 | -1.20 | – | |
| Metals | Palladium | Bearish | 9 | 91 | 75 | 8 | 83 | +5 | -8 | +13 | 8 | 21 | -0.16 | – | |
| Metals | Platinum | Neutral | 56 | 43 | 26 | 0 | 74 | -44 | +43 | -44 | 0 | 43 | -1.22 | – | |
| Metals | Silver | Neutral | 100 | 0 | 5 | 65 | 80 | +6 | -7 | -47 | 65 | 0 | -1.96 | – | |
| Softs | Cocoa | Neutral | 93 | 12 | 67 | 76 | 74 | +15 | -4 | -33 | 76 | 12 | +1.18 | – | |
| Softs | Coffee | Neutral | 65 | 36 | 45 | 65 | 46 | -35 | +36 | +37 | 65 | 32 | +0.49 | – | |
| Softs | Cotton | Bearish | STRUCTURAL BULL | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | -53 | +59 | +52 | 0 | 100 | +1.25 | – |
| Softs | Lumber | Bullish | 93 | 6 | 66 | 96 | 60 | +16 | -17 | +30 | 96 | 20 | +0.95 | – | |
| Softs | Orange Juice | Bearish | 0 | 100 | 84 | 0 | 94 | +0 | +0 | -11 | 0 | 100 | -0.78 | – | |
| Softs | Sugar | Bullish | 88 | 9 | 43 | 92 | 38 | -12 | +9 | +43 | 92 | 40 | +1.71 | – | |
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