FEATURES

OUR DATA


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CORRECTED AND COMBINED
We correct for past contract size changes (eg. one wheat contract used to represent 1,000 bushels of wheat - now 5,000 bushels), and combine mini and normal contracts. Most other Commitments of Traders data services use uncorrected, raw COT data!
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MARKET COMPLEXES
Our subscribers get extra 'markets' to analyze. These are the complexes that we made up from combining COT positions from more markets into one. We do that by creating the USD equivalent of COT positions and add them up. These data can help you analyze better the following markets and/or market groups: Soybeans, Wheat, Grains, Agriculture, Livestock, Metals, Stock indexes, Interest rates and the US Dollar!
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FUTURES AND OPTIONS
We analyze Futures only as well as Futures and Options COT data! We are the only providers who analyze both data sets simultaneously!
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ALL REPORTS
Besides the normal (legacy) COT data, we analyze Disaggregated, Traders in Financial Futures and CIT data as well! There are no other sources on the web currently, that offer such deep and wide service on charting and analyzing COT data.
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FRESH
We update our charts and tables in couple of hours after the release of the COT reports. Where available we manually look through all volume and OI estimates to provide more relevant data for your weekend Volume and OI analysis. CME provides preliminary figures for all their markets, while ICE provides only 'Estimated Volume' data, open interest in case of futures traded on ICE are not updated over the weekend.


OUR CHARTS


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HANDY
We separate Small speculators on our charts to make the movements more viewable. In many cases the best clues come from these traders, so we make watching the small guys much easier than on your standard COT chart. Also, we use a hover vertical line to help you track and pinpoint signals. If you subscribe, you will be able to scroll back in time, check out previous examples of COT signals and get a better feel on the characteristics of various markets.
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VERSATILE
Subscribers can choose among 1-3-6 month and 1-2-3-5 year charts and can also go back as far as 1986. By charting market complex COT data, any member of the Market complex can be chosen for display.
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PRINT/SAVE
Subscribers can print or save our charts and reports in PDF format.


OUR ANALYSIS


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CHANGES
We compare recent changes in net COT data to their all-time and 52-week ranges. By this comparison you get a relative perspective on how big was the current week's change in traders' positioning. This analysis technique is more effective than just measuring raw changes. For example: a change of +2,500 contracts in Commercial positions is a big move - relative to a 10,000 contract range (+25.00%). However, it is considered a small change, if the range is 100,000 contracts (only +2.50%).
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EXTREMES
We track the extremes of net COT data, since those are the most effective trading signals according to most COT research (check out the Resources section). COT Indexes are widely known, show the position of the current COT reading compared to a previous time period. Our subscribers can calculate their own COT Indexes using 1-2-3-4-5 year lookback periods on all trader groups! COTbase designed another extreme tracking measure, that shows how many reports ago did the current reading occur. In case the current reading in COT moves has never occurred before, our system will issue an 'All-time' extreme signal.
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VOLUME AND OPEN INTEREST
We include a volume and open interest scoring system, both in the COT analysis table for convenience and also under a separate tab. Under COT analysis you get the scores for the past week; under the VOL/OI analysis tab you can set the lookback period for which you would like to get the scores. The higher the scores the more bullish is the market - negative scores show bearish signals.
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HIGHLIGHTS
We collect the important COT and Volume/Open interest signals on one page to show which markets are the best long and short candidates.
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INTELLIGENT SORTING
The COT analysis table sorts data by their absolute values. The reason for this is that traders are interested in the greatest changes in data, not necessarily in their direction, since on futures markets it is just as easy to go long as to go short. Our subscribers can sort the results by any research criteria, even for example: changes in Small speculators positions compared to their 52-week ranges.
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FILTERING
You can filter markets that you are not interested in.
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PAST REPORTS
Subscribers can analyze past reports as well!
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