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Commitment of Traders Bible, Steven Briese

The Commitments of Traders Bible

Stephen E. Briese (2008)

RATING:

Most comprehensive book on the subject.

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Trade Stocks and Commodities with the Insiders, Larry Williams

Trade Stocks and Commodities with the Insiders: Secrets of the COT Report

Larry Williams (2005)

RATING:

Another classic, with typical Larry Williams style. Lots of great ideas to interpret the COT data.

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Commitments of Traders: Strategies for Tracking the Market and Trading Profitably

Floyd Upperman (2005)

RATING:

Good book, but not as great as Briese or Williams. His charts are hard to grasp, if you are visual type.

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Market Indicators: The Best-Kept Secret to More Effective Trading and Investing

Richard Sipley (2009)

RATING:

Check out Chapter 12 on COT analysis (page 159).

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Sentiment in the Forex Market

Jamie Saettele (2008)

RATING:

Check out Chapter 5, starting at page 69. The primary sentiment indicator in the forex market is still the COT data.

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Complete Trading for a Living: The Legendary Approach to Trading

Alexander Elder (2006)

RATING:

One of the classic books on trading deals with COT analysis as well.

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Contrary Opinion

R. Earl Hadady (2000)

RATING:

Check out Chapter 8 on Market Composition.

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Charting Commodity Market Price Behavior

L. Dee Belveal (2000)

RATING:

Not your typical technical analysis book. It deals with the really important stuff: volume, open interest and of course Commitments of Traders.

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A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets

Jack D. Schwager (1984)

RATING:

After 27+ years, it is still one of the most complete guide to the futures markets. Its table of contents is longer than some other books. 760 pages total.

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Currencies	Australian Dollar (AD)
	British Pound (BP)
	Canadian Dollar (CD)
	Euro (EC)
	Japanese Yen (JY)
	Swiss Franc (CHF)
	USD Index (USD)
	Mexican Peso (MXP)
Grains	Corn (C)
	Soybeans (S)
	Soybean Oil (BO)
	Soybean Meal (SM)
	Wheat (Chicago) (W)
	Oats (O)
	Rough Rice (RR)
U.S. Treasuries	FED Funds (FF)
	Eurodollars (MD)
	2-year Note (TU)
	5-year Note (FV)
	10-year Note (TY)
	30-year Bond (US)

Energies	Crude Oil (CL)
	RBOB Gasoline (RB)
	Heating Oil (HO)
	Natural Gas (NG)
Livestock	Live Cattle (LC)
	Feeder Cattle (FC)
	Lean Hogs (FH)
Metals	Gold (GC)
	Silver (SI)
	Copper (HG)
	Palladium (PA)
	Platinum (PL)
Softs	Cocoa (CC)
	Cotton (CT)
	Coffee (KC)
	Sugar (SB)
	Orange Juice (OJ)
	Lumber (LB)
U.S. Stock Indexes	S&P-500 (ES)
	Nasdaq-100 (NQ)
	Dow Jones-30 (DJ)
	Russell-2000 (TF)
	S&P-400 (MD)

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BOOKS

The Commitments of Traders Bible

Stephen E. Briese (2008)

Trade Stocks and Commodities with the Insiders: Secrets of the COT Report

Larry Williams (2005)

Commitments of Traders: Strategies for Tracking the Market and Trading Profitably

Floyd Upperman (2005)

Market Indicators: The Best-Kept Secret to More Effective Trading and Investing

Richard Sipley (2009)

Sentiment in the Forex Market

Jamie Saettele (2008)

Complete Trading for a Living: The Legendary Approach to Trading

Alexander Elder (2006)

Contrary Opinion

R. Earl Hadady (2000)

Charting Commodity Market Price Behavior

L. Dee Belveal (2000)

A Complete Guide to the Futures Markets

Jack D. Schwager (1984)

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