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CFTC RELEASES REVISED DATA ON APRIL 3, 2019
All COT charts and data files have been updated with revised COT data per the CFTC announcement:
April 3, 2019
Due to a reporting firm problem for trade date March 26, 2019, additional reportable positions have been added to the following contracts in the reports published on March 29, 2019:
CBT Wheat SRW (CFTC ID 001602)
CBT Wheat HRW (CFTC ID 001612)
CBT Corn (CFTC ID 002602)
CBT Soybeans (CFTC ID 005602)
CBT Soybean Oil (CFTC ID 007601)
CBT Soybean Meal (CFTC ID 026603)
CBT 10 Year U.S. Treasury Notes (CFTC ID 043602)
CBOE VIX Futures (CFTC ID 1170E1)
CME Lean Hogs (CFTC ID 054642)
CME Mexican Peso (CFTC ID 095741)
CME E-Mini S&P 500 Stock Index (CFTC ID 13874A)
CME NASDAQ-100 Stock Index (Mini) (CFTC ID 209742)
NYME Ethanol T2 FOB Incl Duty (CFTC ID 025608)
NYME Propane Non-LDH Mt Bel (CFTC ID 06665G)
NYME Palladium (CFTC ID 075651)
NYME Platinum (CFTC ID 076651)
Current COT Reports Now Available
For the first time since the government shutdown began in December 2018, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has released current Commitments of Traders (COT) data. Per their standard schedule, the data in the current report was tabulated on Tuesday, March 5, 2019, and released on Friday, March 18, 2019, at 2:30 pm Eastern time.
All COT data and charts on this site were up-to-date on Saturday, March 9, 2019, per our standard schedule. Data and charts include both the current report and all weekly data released on a delayed basis in January and February.
Charts and Data Updated Through February 29, 2019
Expect regular delayed updates each Wednesday & Saturday until March 9, when the CFTC expects to catch up with current reports. (Schedule in the previous post.)
Since changes in trader positions are cumulative, there is no other way for the CFTC to release current data without creating each delayed weekly report in sequence.
January 29, 2019: CFTC’s Release Schedule for Delayed COT Reports
Washington, DC – The Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s (CFTC) Market Intelligence Branch of the Division of Market Oversight today announced an updated release schedule for CFTC weekly Commitments of Traders (COT) reports that were delayed during the government shutdown. The goal of the new report schedule, per the CFTC, is to provide market participants with data as quickly as possible, within the agency’s resource constraints.
While we may be anxious to see the current data, keep in mind that the weekly reports are cumulative. The CFTC has no choice in the order of compilation. We should be thankful that they release missing data points as they collate them. They have a near-perfect reporting record since the COT report was reintroduced in 1983. The only missing data in these 36 years is the New York markets for the week of 9/11, when the CFTC’s NY office (along with many of the reporting brokers) was located in the World Trade Center.
COT reports are typically compiled on Tuesday’s for the previous week, and released on Fridays. The last COT report was published on December 21, 2018. Reports going forward from that date will be published in chronological order beginning with the report previously scheduled for release on Friday, December 28, 2018, based on data from Monday (due to Christmas holiday), December 24, 2018. The CFTC expects to publish this report on Friday, February 1, 2019. After this, the CFTC expects to publish one report on Tuesday and another on Friday of each week until the reports are current as per the normal schedule. Based on the announcement (and barring another government shutdown), the schedule–as I calculate it–going forward should be:
Previous Schedule | Data as of | New Release Date | |
Friday, Dec 28, 2018 | Monday, Dec 24, 2018 | Friday, Feb 1, 2019 | |
Friday, Jan 4, 2019 | Monday, Dec 31, 2018 | Tuesday, Feb 5, 2019 | |
Friday, Jan 11, 2019 | Tuesday, Jan 8, 2019 | Friday, Feb 8, 2019 | |
Friday Jan 18, 2019 | Tuesday, Jan 15, 2019 | Tuesday, Feb 12, 2019 | |
Friday Jan 25, 2019 | Tuesday, Jan 22, 2019 | Friday, Feb 15, 2019 | |
Friday, Feb 1, 2019 | Tuesday, Jan 29, 2019 | Tuesday, Feb 19, 2019 | |
Friday Feb 8, 2019 | Tuesday, Feb 5, 2019 | Friday, Feb 22, 2019 | |
Friday, Feb 15, 2019 | Tuesday, Feb 12, 2019 | Tuesday, Feb 26, 2019 | |
Friday, Feb 22, 2019 | Tuesday, Feb 19, 2019 | Friday, Mar 1, 2019 | |
Friday, Mar 1, 2019 | Tuesday, Feb 26, 2019 | Tuesday, Mar 5, 2019 | |
Friday Mar 8, 2019 | Tuesday, March 5, 2019 | Friday, Mar 8, 2019 | Back On Schedule |
CommitmentsOfTraders.org will publish individual weekly update batch files, updated history files, and updated charts as each COT report is released. Check this page for any schedule changes.
CFTC Announces COT Report Interruption
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission issued this notice on December 24:
“During the shutdown of the federal government, the Commitments of Traders report will not be published. When the federal government operations return to normal, CFTC will resume publication of the Commitments of Traders report.”
Until COT data publication resumes, we will be unable to update charts and data files on our website. Stay tuned…
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Holiday COT Report Schedule
COT data that is normally released on Friday, will be delayed until Monday afternoons Dec 1; Dec 29, 2014; and Jan 5, 2015. Data and charts will be updated by Tuesday.
OCT 4 COT REPORT POSTED
The CFTC today released Commitments of Traders reports that should have been released on Oct 4, with data tabulated as of Oct 1, 2013. The data and charts on this site have been updated accordingly. More updates will be posted when available.
CFTC TO BEGIN COT REPORTING
The CFTC will begin catching up with Commitments of Traders releases that were miss due to the government shutdown. They expect to be fully current by November 8. The CFTC announcement is available herre: http://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/pr6745-13