Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday April 21, 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), 2-Year Note (bullish), Soybean Oil (bearish), Cotton (bearish).
| 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 | 0 | 91 | 60 | 6 | 68 | -11 | +3 | +11 | 6 | 86 | -0.82 | – | |
| Crypto | Ethereum | Neutral | 35 | 66 | 58 | 12 | 30 | +1 | -2 | +12 | 12 | 33 | +0.43 | – | |
| Currencies | Australian Dollar | Bearish | MACRO BEAR SETUP | 8 | 91 | 100 | 8 | 95 | +4 | -1 | +0 | 8 | 83 | +1.90 | – |
| Currencies | British Pound | Neutral | MACD SELL | 57 | 45 | 37 | 65 | 32 | -29 | +35 | -7 | 65 | 46 | +0.26 | – |
| Currencies | Canadian Dollar | Neutral | 47 | 51 | 65 | 51 | 63 | +47 | -49 | -35 | 51 | 17 | +0.37 | – | |
| Currencies | Euro | Neutral | 52 | 46 | 64 | 43 | 57 | +21 | -25 | +4 | 43 | 26 | +0.27 | – | |
| Currencies | Japanese Yen | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 29 | 100 | 23 | +0 | -3 | +29 | 100 | 0 | +0.34 | – | |
| Currencies | Mexican Peso | Neutral | 35 | 62 | 87 | 31 | 81 | +4 | -6 | +8 | 31 | 20 | +0.44 | – | |
| Currencies | New Zealand | Bullish | MACD BUY | 85 | 13 | 45 | 97 | 39 | +18 | -19 | -7 | 97 | 4 | +0.45 | – |
| Currencies | Swiss Franc | Neutral | 73 | 52 | 0 | 60 | 0 | -13 | +37 | -29 | 60 | 56 | +0.40 | – | |
| Currencies | US Dollar | Bearish | 36 | 58 | 76 | 30 | 78 | -34 | +29 | +8 | 30 | 96 | -0.68 | – | |
| Energies | Crude Oil | Neutral | 22 | 78 | 66 | 19 | 69 | +22 | -19 | -30 | 19 | 77 | -0.07 | – | |
| Energies | Gasoline | Neutral | 53 | 38 | 74 | 40 | 90 | +23 | -22 | -26 | 40 | 7 | -1.07 | – | |
| Energies | Heating Oil | Neutral | 98 | 0 | 66 | 62 | 98 | +52 | -49 | -6 | 62 | 0 | -2.08 | – | |
| Energies | Natural Gas | Bearish | 75 | 27 | 65 | 77 | 68 | -10 | +13 | -16 | 77 | 89 | +0.09 | – | |
| Equities | DOW | Neutral | 24 | 72 | 100 | 29 | 100 | -13 | -3 | +56 | 29 | 48 | -0.46 | – | |
| Equities | Nasdaq | Neutral | 81 | 13 | 34 | 79 | 35 | +16 | -28 | +32 | 79 | 23 | -0.46 | – | |
| Equities | Russell | Neutral | 51 | 57 | 14 | 48 | 15 | +3 | +2 | +10 | 48 | 33 | +0.29 | – | |
| Equities | S&P 500 | Neutral | 56 | 56 | 38 | 56 | 35 | -2 | -7 | +30 | 56 | 55 | -0.26 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 10-Year Note | Neutral | 63 | 42 | 33 | 56 | 34 | +32 | -31 | +3 | 56 | 33 | +0.36 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 2-Year Note | Bullish | 4-YR BUY EXTREME | 100 | 0 | 11 | 100 | 9 | +20 | -28 | -13 | 100 | 0 | +1.35 | – |
| Fixed Income | 30-Year Note | Neutral | 69 | 34 | 42 | 69 | 47 | +69 | -63 | -35 | 69 | 0 | -0.32 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 5-Year Note | Bearish | 13 | 93 | 21 | 12 | 22 | -38 | +43 | -15 | 12 | 90 | -0.48 | – | |
| Grains | Corn | Neutral | 31 | 67 | 46 | 24 | 39 | +4 | -3 | -5 | 24 | 74 | +1.20 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean | Bearish | MACRO BEAR SETUP | 11 | 90 | 24 | 11 | 40 | +3 | -5 | +21 | 11 | 89 | +1.95 | – |
| Grains | Soybean Meal | Bearish | 6 | 93 | 91 | 8 | 79 | +6 | -7 | -9 | 8 | 91 | +0.79 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Oil | Bearish | 4-YR SELL EXTREME | 0 | 100 | 82 | 0 | 81 | +0 | +0 | -2 | 0 | 100 | +1.60 | – |
| Grains | Wheat | Bearish | 26 | 74 | 91 | 31 | 92 | +13 | -9 | +37 | 31 | 81 | -1.08 | – | |
| Live Stock | Feeder Cattle | Neutral | 68 | 22 | 71 | 55 | 57 | +20 | -35 | +20 | 55 | 32 | -1.55 | – | |
| Live Stock | Lean Hogs | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | +86 | -88 | +96 | 100 | 0 | -1.82 | – | |
| Live Stock | Live Cattle | Bearish | 19 | 89 | 0 | 18 | 0 | -47 | +55 | -38 | 18 | 89 | +0.49 | – | |
| Metals | Copper | Bearish | 15 | 88 | 67 | 11 | 72 | -9 | +11 | -4 | 11 | 99 | +0.83 | – | |
| Metals | Gold | Neutral | 91 | 8 | 49 | 34 | 100 | -3 | +4 | -33 | 34 | 8 | -1.43 | – | |
| Metals | Palladium | Neutral | 18 | 85 | 55 | 19 | 68 | +9 | -6 | -20 | 19 | 16 | -0.29 | – | |
| Metals | Platinum | Bearish | 0 | 99 | 6 | 0 | 31 | -76 | +76 | -28 | 0 | 99 | -1.08 | – | |
| Metals | Silver | Neutral | 88 | 8 | 28 | 34 | 92 | -7 | +0 | +16 | 34 | 18 | -1.21 | – | |
| Softs | Cocoa | Neutral | 57 | 34 | 73 | 53 | 76 | -43 | +34 | -27 | 53 | 12 | +0.33 | – | |
| Softs | Coffee | Neutral | 50 | 58 | 10 | 42 | 9 | -31 | +39 | -20 | 42 | 39 | -1.71 | – | |
| Softs | Cotton | Bearish | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | +0 | +0 | +20 | 0 | 100 | +0.78 | – | |
| Softs | Lumber | Bullish | 96 | 5 | 26 | 97 | 30 | -4 | +5 | -21 | 97 | 19 | +1.31 | – | |
| Softs | Orange Juice | Bearish | 33 | 85 | 0 | 27 | 0 | +19 | +4 | -70 | 27 | 91 | -1.84 | – | |
| Softs | Sugar | Bullish | 79 | 20 | 37 | 84 | 33 | -10 | +11 | +1 | 84 | 52 | +1.27 | – | |
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