COT Signal Matrix — week of April 14, 2026

Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday April 14, 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: Cotton (bearish). NPF 2-leg 80/20 full setups: Australian Dollar (bearish), Nasdaq (bullish), 2-Year Note (bullish), Wheat (bearish), Cotton (bearish).

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
CryptoBitcoinBearish59338939-19+12+0989-1.08–
CryptoEthereumNeutral4656572429+8-13+34240+0.70–
CurrenciesAustralian DollarBearish99194791+9-9+11784+1.66–
CurrenciesBritish PoundNeutral6042377232-17+19+17242-0.03–
CurrenciesCanadian DollarNeutral5642666065+53-55-17600+0.55–
CurrenciesEuroNeutral6040525145+42-43-245118+0.26–
CurrenciesJapanese YenBullish956559449+16-15+149410+0.43–
CurrenciesMexican PesoNeutral4355863782+15-16+11373+0.28–
CurrenciesNew ZealandNeutral7724339028+15-12-279028+0.37–
CurrenciesSwiss FrancNeutral6648114315-12+34-344353+0.61–
CurrenciesUS DollarBearish3959613463-31+28+143497-0.35–
EnergiesCrude OilBearish1386791878-9+18-211885+1.47–
EnergiesGasolineNeutralSTRUCTURAL BEAR6134565268+52-52-39520-0.92–
EnergiesHeating OilNeutralSTRUCTURAL BEAR950615594+66-73-15550-2.32–
EnergiesNatural GasBullish9014589260-10+14-219238+0.25–
EquitiesDOWNeutral3763894284+3-15+474233-0.75–
EquitiesNasdaqBullish8615158416-14+15+158428-0.75–
EquitiesRussellNeutral446594210+15-9+54245+0.07–
EquitiesS&P 500NeutralMACD BUY78529778+12+12-287751-0.28–
Fixed Income10-Year NoteNeutral6741206121+19-18-96034+0.32–
Fixed Income2-Year NoteBullish9818996+17-27-15992+1.38–
Fixed Income30-Year NoteNeutral6439456451+58-47-36640-0.55–
Fixed Income5-Year NoteBearish2286152315-42+49-272381-0.47–
GrainsCornNeutral3065572453-21+18-162470+1.24–
GrainsSoybeanBearishMACRO BEAR SETUP1388221238+4-5+141283+1.98–
GrainsSoybean MealBearish010079071+0+0+40100+0.52–
GrainsSoybean OilBearish39973275-8+8-8299+1.13–
GrainsWheatBearish148610016100+4-1+621689-0.56–
Live StockFeeder CattleBearish301000170-37+46-517100-1.25–
Live StockLean HogsBullish10008410077+85-87+761000-1.29–
Live StockLive CattleBearish010037038-29+22+20100+0.96–
MetalsCopperBearish2282611667+8-4-161679+0.64–
MetalsGoldNeutral9374633100-3+6-38337-1.64–
MetalsPalladiumNeutral1985522066+11-8-202013-0.33–
MetalsPlatinumBearishSTRUCTURAL BULL21000021-81+84-410100-1.13–
MetalsSilverNeutralMACD SELL927204576-8+3+134517-1.23–
SoftsCocoaBullishMACD SELL940479848+5-5-53970+0.60–
SoftsCoffeeBearish28820240-72+82-182455-0.59–
SoftsCottonBearish01001000100-2+7+70100+0.78–
SoftsLumberBullish975229729-3+5-269718+1.45–
SoftsOrange JuiceBearish0100101-25+19-380100-0.76–
SoftsSugarNeutral7624358131-21+22+108163+0.86–

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