Commitments of Traders positioning for 42 futures markets as reported by the CFTC for Tuesday May 05, 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: Australian Dollar (bearish), Cotton (bearish). NPF CS 80/20 full setups: Australian Dollar (bearish), Nasdaq (bullish), 2-Year Note (bullish), Soybean Meal (bearish), Soybean Oil (bearish), Silver (bearish), Cotton (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 | Neutral | 19 | 78 | 54 | 24 | 61 | +19 | -22 | +17 | 24 | 51 | -1.08 | – | |
| Crypto | Ethereum | Neutral | 52 | 50 | 56 | 26 | 37 | +16 | -16 | +3 | 26 | 0 | +0.36 | – | |
| Currencies | Australian Dollar | Bearish | MACD BUYMACRO BEAR SETUP | 2 | 98 | 96 | 4 | 91 | +2 | -2 | +8 | 4 | 97 | +1.86 | – |
| Currencies | British Pound | Neutral | 63 | 33 | 49 | 69 | 44 | +1 | -5 | +6 | 69 | 29 | +0.51 | – | |
| Currencies | Canadian Dollar | Neutral | 26 | 74 | 74 | 27 | 73 | +6 | -7 | -5 | 27 | 56 | +0.00 | – | |
| Currencies | Euro | Neutral | 56 | 42 | 61 | 47 | 52 | -9 | +9 | +7 | 47 | 21 | +0.49 | – | |
| Currencies | Japanese Yen | Neutral | 76 | 23 | 54 | 79 | 48 | -17 | +20 | -17 | 79 | 35 | +0.31 | – | |
| Currencies | Mexican Peso | Neutral | 40 | 57 | 88 | 33 | 84 | +9 | -11 | +17 | 33 | 9 | +0.21 | – | |
| Currencies | New Zealand | Bullish | 86 | 14 | 45 | 95 | 37 | +33 | -34 | +3 | 95 | 5 | +0.58 | – | |
| Currencies | Swiss Franc | Neutral | MACD BUY | 72 | 51 | 5 | 48 | 7 | +50 | -30 | -21 | 48 | 48 | +0.56 | – |
| Currencies | US Dollar | Neutral | 48 | 47 | 77 | 44 | 78 | +6 | -8 | +0 | 44 | 60 | -0.36 | – | |
| Energies | Crude Oil | Neutral | 32 | 72 | 51 | 33 | 51 | +28 | -27 | -13 | 33 | 65 | +1.09 | – | |
| Energies | Gasoline | Neutral | 51 | 41 | 74 | 30 | 97 | +14 | -15 | -2 | 30 | 11 | -1.36 | – | |
| Energies | Heating Oil | Neutral | 94 | 6 | 71 | 54 | 86 | +35 | -33 | +18 | 54 | 9 | -1.87 | – | |
| Energies | Natural Gas | Bearish | BEAR TREND | 77 | 28 | 45 | 75 | 45 | +0 | +4 | -27 | 75 | 93 | +1.00 | – |
| Equities | DOW | Neutral | 16 | 79 | 100 | 22 | 98 | -31 | +21 | +26 | 22 | 70 | +0.43 | – | |
| Equities | Nasdaq | Bullish | 93 | 6 | 37 | 93 | 37 | +7 | -2 | +13 | 93 | 12 | +0.26 | – | |
| Equities | Russell | Neutral | 45 | 65 | 6 | 42 | 6 | -8 | +10 | +6 | 42 | 45 | +0.77 | – | |
| Equities | S&P 500 | Neutral | 55 | 60 | 32 | 56 | 28 | +29 | -40 | +21 | 56 | 59 | -0.11 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 10-Year Note | Neutral | 66 | 40 | 35 | 55 | 35 | +21 | -20 | +10 | 55 | 18 | +0.72 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 2-Year Note | Bullish | 92 | 9 | 11 | 88 | 9 | -8 | +9 | +3 | 88 | 13 | +1.50 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 30-Year Note | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 22 | 100 | 26 | +65 | -79 | -19 | 100 | 0 | -0.10 | – | |
| Fixed Income | 5-Year Note | Bearish | 3 | 100 | 14 | 0 | 14 | -10 | +9 | +14 | 0 | 100 | -0.15 | – | |
| Grains | Corn | Bearish | MACRO BEAR SETUP | 2 | 94 | 34 | 0 | 30 | -8 | +8 | -5 | 0 | 100 | +1.68 | – |
| Grains | Soybean | Bearish | MACD SELL | 6 | 95 | 26 | 5 | 39 | -5 | +4 | +18 | 5 | 100 | +1.60 | – |
| Grains | Soybean Meal | Bearish | 7 | 92 | 91 | 4 | 91 | +7 | -8 | -9 | 4 | 90 | +0.18 | – | |
| Grains | Soybean Oil | Bearish | 0 | 99 | 89 | 0 | 92 | -2 | +1 | +4 | 0 | 98 | +0.54 | – | |
| Grains | Wheat | Bearish | 35 | 42 | 100 | 38 | 100 | +35 | -57 | +30 | 38 | 81 | -1.20 | – | |
| Live Stock | Feeder Cattle | Neutral | EXHAUSTION | 54 | 44 | 51 | 42 | 35 | +8 | -14 | +1 | 42 | 44 | -1.51 | – |
| Live Stock | Lean Hogs | Bullish | 100 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 100 | +20 | -23 | +53 | 100 | 0 | -1.15 | – | |
| Live Stock | Live Cattle | Bearish | 8 | 93 | 40 | 28 | 62 | -65 | +64 | -12 | 28 | 93 | +2.33 | – | |
| Metals | Copper | Bearish | 11 | 94 | 62 | 1 | 71 | -35 | +39 | +2 | 1 | 98 | +0.08 | – | |
| Metals | Gold | Neutral | 95 | 7 | 12 | 53 | 70 | +2 | -2 | -15 | 53 | 8 | -1.18 | – | |
| Metals | Palladium | Neutral | 22 | 82 | 46 | 25 | 59 | +4 | -2 | -19 | 25 | 0 | -0.13 | – | |
| Metals | Platinum | Neutral | 40 | 67 | 6 | 25 | 21 | -28 | +30 | -4 | 25 | 67 | -1.02 | – | |
| Metals | Silver | Neutral | 90 | 9 | 20 | 0 | 100 | -4 | -2 | +20 | 0 | 50 | -1.78 | – | |
| Softs | Cocoa | Neutral | STRUCTURAL BULL | 60 | 33 | 90 | 49 | 92 | -40 | +27 | +24 | 49 | 33 | +0.76 | – |
| Softs | Coffee | Bearish | 0 | 100 | 74 | 0 | 75 | -33 | +33 | +3 | 0 | 77 | +0.79 | – | |
| Softs | Cotton | Bearish | 4-YR SELL EXTREME | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 100 | +0 | +0 | +8 | 0 | 100 | +0.79 | – |
| Softs | Lumber | Bullish | 95 | 5 | 45 | 98 | 42 | +4 | -5 | +16 | 98 | 19 | +0.96 | – | |
| Softs | Orange Juice | Bullish | 89 | 17 | 68 | 85 | 70 | +48 | -57 | +49 | 85 | 45 | -0.93 | – | |
| Softs | Sugar | Bearish | 66 | 33 | 51 | 71 | 46 | +0 | +1 | -7 | 71 | 84 | +1.12 | – | |
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