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COT Report Analysis  ·  Commitment of Traders Signals  ·  475+ Futures Markets

Every week, institutional traders reveal their hand: hedge funds building exposure, commercials hedging against the trend, swap dealers offloading risk. The CFTC disaggregated COT report captures all of it, participant by participant, across every regulated market. Whether you trade with institutional conviction or fade crowded extremes, positioning structure tells you more than price alone ever will. COTInsight turns that intelligence into clear signals across 475+ markets.

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475+ Futures & options markets covered, commodity and financial
16 years Of positioning history in the full archive (Ultimate), 10 years on Pro
9 signals Per instrument, per week, fully automated
5 groups Hedge funds, commercials, dealers: all separated
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COT Report analysis:the most underread signal in public markets.

The CFTC Disaggregated Commitment of Traders report separates the players who move markets from those who follow them. Managed Money, hedge funds and CTAs running systematic and discretionary strategies, on one side. Commercials with structural hedging needs, and the swap dealers who intermediate them, on the other. When a group reaches a historical extreme, the positioning structure is saying something. Trend followers look for institutional accumulation confirming a move. Contrarians look for the overcrowded side that's about to unwind. Both strategies start with the same data.

COTInsight turns that raw report into a decision surface across 475+ markets, energy, metals, grains, softs, livestock, FX, equity indices, rates and crypto. Every instrument is scored on nine analytical layers, every week: a 52-week positioning z-score, a 3-year COT Index, an eight-state regime classifier, price-vs-positioning divergence, open-interest trend, small-speculator extremes, the full participant breakdown, net-positioning history, and historical outcome statistics that show the actual forward win rate for each z-score bucket across years of data. Ten years of weekly history on Pro, the full CFTC archive on Ultimate, recalibrated every Friday the moment the new report drops. The work that used to take hours of spreadsheets is already done when you open the dashboard. Learn how to read the COT report →

What You Get

9 COT signals per instrument, per week.

Every market. Fully automated. What is a COT z-score? →

Core
Z-Score Extreme
Your crowding alarm. When managed money gets historically one-sided, measured against the past 52 weeks, the z-score catches it and fires an alert. At 1.5σ, something is worth watching. At 2.0+, the crowd is at its most vulnerable.
Core
COT Index
Where are we in the cycle? A single number, 0 to 100, against the past three years. Above 80, the market hasn't been this long in years. Extremes at either end rarely sustain.
Core
Regime Classifier
Not just how crowded, but which direction the crowd is moving. Eight states from Extreme Long to Extreme Short capture both the position and the momentum. You know exactly where in the cycle a market sits.
Signal
Divergence Detection
Price breaks to a new high. The smart money doesn't follow. When positioning and price tell opposite stories, the setup is worth a serious look, one of the most consistent early signals in systematic COT analysis.
Signal
Open Interest Trend
Fresh money entering a move means conviction. Money leaving at a positioning extreme means the unwind may already be starting. OI context turns a crowded number into an actionable story.
Signal
Small Spec Extreme
When retail piles in on the same side as the professionals, you're looking at maximum crowding from both ends. A secondary confirmation that the trade is getting dangerously popular.
Context
Participant Breakdown
Managed Money, Commercials, Swap Dealers, Non-Reportables, net contracts and percentage of open interest, side by side. See exactly who is holding the position and how dominant each group is.
Context
Net Positioning History
Ten years of speculative net positioning plotted against price. Not a single data point, but the full cycle. Patterns that took hours to build in a spreadsheet are visible in seconds.
Edge
Historical Outcome Statistics
What actually happened the last time positioning was this extreme? Win rates and forward-performance buckets at 4, 8, and 12 weeks across the full historical dataset. The layer that turns a signal into a probability.
The Experience

Designed for traders.

No learning curve. No setup.

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Every extreme, visible at a glance
475 markets, colour-coded by positioning intensity. The crowded ones stand out immediately. No digging, no filtering through noise. The opportunities surface on their own.
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Context that builds conviction
One click reveals the full picture, 10 years of positioning history (full archive on Ultimate), regime state, OI trend, participant breakdown, price divergence. Everything you need to decide whether a signal is worth acting on.
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⇗ Deploy
Your data, your workflow
CSV for your spreadsheet. PDF for the meeting. REST API for your model. The edge is yours to use however you work. We just make sure it's always there.
The Dashboard

Everything in one view, every week.

Institutional positioning across 475+ markets, ranked by signal strength. Sorted, scored, and ready.

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Guides to reading the CFTC Commitments of Traders report: z-score and COT Index normalisation, positioning regimes, price versus positioning divergence, crowded trades, the Friday release schedule, and measured studies of what actually follows a positioning extreme. Browse all articles.

TradingView Integration

COT signals, directly on your charts.

Ultimate subscribers get the COTInsight indicator, an invite-only Pine Script that brings the full dashboard to any weekly TradingView chart. Z-score histogram, COT Index gauge, momentum & regime panel. 50+ instruments, auto-detected from your chart symbol.

  • ✓ Three stacked panels, Z-Score, COT Index, Momentum & Regime
  • ✓ Divergence markers, streak counter, OI trend
  • ✓ Futures, FX, indices, crypto, 50+ symbols auto-mapped
  • ✓ Updated every Friday from the CFTC, same source as the dashboard
  • ✓ Works on any TradingView plan, Free, Pro, or Premium
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Ultimate · Crude Radar

Crude positioning meets the inventory picture, in one read.

Crude Radar is the only COT dashboard that overlays CFTC speculative positioning with EIA crude fundamentals, for WTI. One lens is the COT Index, where large speculators sit in their own multi-year range. The other is EIA crude stocks measured against their 5-year seasonal band, whether the market is building or drawing relative to normal for the time of year.

  • ✓ Crowded long positioning into a seasonal build carries elevated long-flush risk
  • ✓ Crowded short positioning into a seasonal draw carries elevated short-squeeze risk
  • ✓ Descriptive context, not a trade signal or forecast
  • ✓ WTI only
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Example · WTI
Crowded long into bearish fundamentals
Large speculators are stretched long while crude stocks are building above their 5-year seasonal average, a counter-seasonal combination Crude Radar labels as elevated long-flush risk.
COT Index (WTI, large specs)86 / 100
Crude stocks vs 5yr band+6.2% above
Cushing stocksBelow 5yr avg
Illustrative example, not live data
Pricing

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Start free for seven days, no credit card. You get full dashboard access to COTInsight: all 475+ CFTC Commitment of Traders markets, 10 years of weekly positioning history, and nine analytical layers on every futures and options instrument, z-score extremes, COT Index, regime detection, momentum, divergence and open-interest trend. CSV export is included, though limited during the trial; the full CSV report for every market is available on Pro. The complete smart-money picture, the moment you log in.

Upgrade to Ultimate when you want the whole board: AI analyst insights on every flagged market, forward curve analysis reading the full term structure, contango, backwardation and where the roll is building, a futures-only view of pure positioning the way the desks read it, side-by-side VS instrument comparison, the full historical outcome archive, PDF reports, REST API access, and the exclusive COTInsight TradingView indicator on your charts. Pro shows you what the smart money is doing; Ultimate tells you what it means, where on the curve it's happening, and what usually happens next, it pays for itself the first time it keeps you on the right side of a turn.

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  • ✓ All 475+ markets from day one
  • ✓ 10-year positioning history
  • ✓ All nine analytical layers included
  • ✓ CSV export (limited)
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$29
per month · billed monthly
  • ✓ All 475+ markets, every week
  • ✓ 10-year positioning history
  • ✓ All nine analytical layers per instrument
  • ✓ Heatmap, detail panel, participant charts
  • ✓ Structured weekly CSV export
  • — AI insights · TradingView indicator · VS comparison · forward curve · PDF · full archive · outcome stats · API
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Ultimate Full Suite
$49
per month · billed monthly
  • ✓ Everything in Pro
  • ✓ Historical outcome stats (4W / 8W / 12W)
  • ✓ PDF briefing export
  • ✓ Full historical archive (up to 16 years per instrument)
  • ✓ Futures Only view, every market, options stripped out
  • ✓ Options exposure: what share of open interest sits in options, and how far it moves the net read
  • ✓ VS comparison, overlay any two instruments side by side
  • ✓ Forward curve, live term structure for 19 futures markets
  • ✓ REST API with personal key
  • ✦ AI analyst insights
  • ✦ Exclusive: COTInsight indicator for TradingView
  • ✓ Crude Radar: CFTC positioning × EIA crude inventories (WTI)
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Commitment of Traders, Frequently Asked Questions

Does positioning data actually work?+
Markets crowd. Crowds unwind. The CFTC data shows exactly when that crowding is reaching historical extremes, not as a gut feeling, but as a measurable number across a decade of history. It won't tell you when. What it gives you is an objective read on where the weight is sitting. Macro funds have used this for decades. We just make it accessible.
Where does the data come from, and how current is it?+
Directly from cftc.gov, the official regulator. No vendor, no intermediary. The CFTC publishes each Friday (data as of Tuesday's close) and COTInsight refreshes automatically on Friday evening. You're always on the latest available figures from the authoritative source.

Options included: commodity markets (energy, metals, grains, softs, livestock) use the CFTC's futures-and-options-combined disaggregated report, so open interest and participant positions reflect the full picture including options. Financial markets (FX, equity indices, rates, crypto) use the futures-only report, which is what the CFTC publishes for those instruments.
Does the data include options positions?+
Yes, for every market. Commodities and financials both use the CFTC futures-and-options-combined report, so every position figure (open interest, managed money or leveraged funds, commercials, swap dealers) reflects outright futures and options on futures together. Ultimate subscribers can switch to the Futures Only view to strip options out, and can see the options component on its own.
What is the Futures Only view, and why does it matter?+
The CFTC publishes two COT datasets for every market, commodities and financials alike: one that combines futures and options positions, and one that strips options out and shows only outright futures. For most markets the two are close, but in heavily optioned markets like crude oil, gold, grains, and softs, institutional hedgers and funds run large options books that can distort the combined picture. Switching to Futures Only lets you see the pure directional futures commitment, without the hedging noise introduced by option delta. This toggle is available to Ultimate subscribers on all commodity categories; financial markets (FX, indices, rates, crypto) only have a futures report from the CFTC and are unchanged by the toggle.
What is the options exposure view?+
Every position figure in the default view already includes options on futures. The options exposure panel, available to Ultimate subscribers, separates that component out: what share of a market's open interest sits in options, and how much the options leg moves the net positioning read. In crude oil, corn, sugar and the E-mini S&P that is above a quarter of open interest and can shift the net figure by a third; in natural gas it is under one percent. The CFTC publishes no options-only report, so these are the combined report minus the futures-only report, which is delta-adjusted futures-equivalent options exposure rather than a count of option contracts.
Does COTInsight cover LME metals?+
Yes. LME positioning data for Aluminium, Copper, Zinc, Nickel, Lead, Tin, and Cobalt is included in the Metals category alongside COMEX/NYMEX precious and base metals. It is sourced from the London Metal Exchange's own weekly Commitments of Traders report and refreshes on the same weekly cadence as the CFTC data.
What is a z-score alert?+
It measures how extreme speculative net positioning is relative to the past 52 weeks. A reading above +1.5 or below −1.5 means specs are near a 52-week extreme, a level many traders treat as a contrarian signal. Alerts fire at this threshold and are visible across the heatmap and instrument list. Ultimate subscribers can review the actual historical win rates per z-score bucket and judge for themselves.
What exactly do the historical outcome stats show? ULTIMATE+
For each instrument that has a price series, you see a table broken down by seven z-score buckets (from "z ≥ 2.0, extreme spec long" to "z < −2.0, extreme spec short"). For each bucket, the table shows the win rate and average % price change at three forward horizons: 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks after the signal date. "Win" uses contrarian logic, a spec-long extreme wins if price falls; a spec-short extreme wins if price rises. N shows how many historical occurrences fell into each bucket across the full available history (up to 16 years for major instruments). Instruments without a mapped price ticker show no outcome data. This is descriptive of past data, not a forecast or guarantee.
Do I need a card for the free trial?+
No. Your 7-day trial gives full dashboard access to all 475+ instruments, 10-year history, and every signal, with no payment information required at signup. CSV export is included but limited during the trial (the most-traded markets are excluded); the full CSV report covering every market is available to Pro and Ultimate subscribers. PDF reports, AI commentary, outcome stats, full historical archive, and API access are Ultimate-only features not included in the trial.
Can I upgrade from Pro to Ultimate?+
Yes. Open Account → Upgrade and the change is instant. You pay only the proportional difference for the time remaining on your current billing period, nothing more.
What is the TradingView indicator? ULTIMATE+
An invite-only Pine Script v5 indicator that puts the full COTInsight analysis directly on your TradingView charts. Add it three times to any weekly chart to get three stacked sub-panels: the z-score histogram (with ±1.5σ alert lines), a COT Index 0–100 gauge (with extreme zones highlighted), and a Momentum & Regime panel showing acceleration, streak count, OI trend, and the regime label. Divergence markers appear when price and speculative positioning move in opposite directions. The algorithm is identical to the COTInsight dashboard, same 52-week z-score window, same 3-year COT index, same eight-state regime classifier.

It auto-detects the CFTC code from your chart symbol (50+ instruments: equity indices, FX, rates, metals, energy, grains, softs, livestock, crypto), with a manual override for anything else. Access is granted after you add your TradingView username in Account settings, you'll receive an invite-only access notification within 24 hours.

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Do I need TradingView Pro or Premium to use the indicator? ULTIMATE+
No. The indicator works on any TradingView plan, including the free tier. It is published as an invite-only script, which means only subscribers you approve can see and use it; TradingView's own plan level does not affect that. The indicator reads from TradingView's built-in CFTC COT data series, no external data connection or subscription is required on the TV side. The only requirement is an active COTInsight Ultimate subscription and your TradingView username saved in your account settings.
What is Crude Radar?+
Crude Radar is an Ultimate feature that overlays two independent lenses on WTI crude in one read: how crowded speculative positioning is (the CFTC COT Index) and what crude inventories are doing versus their 5-year seasonal band (from the EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report). It describes when the two align or collide. It is descriptive context, not a trade signal.
Where does Crude Radar get its fundamentals data?+
Positioning comes from the CFTC Commitment of Traders report; inventories come from the EIA Weekly Petroleum Status Report. Both update weekly. Crude Radar compares current crude stocks to the 5-year seasonal band for the same week of the year, so a build or draw is judged against what is normal for that time of year.
Does Crude Radar predict crude oil prices?+
No. It does not forecast price and states no win rate, price target, or edge. It describes confluence and divergence between positioning and fundamentals, and flags the two counter-seasonal corners as elevated flush risk (crowded longs into a build) or squeeze risk (crowded shorts into a draw). What you do with that context is your decision.
Which markets does Crude Radar cover?+
WTI crude oil only, for now. The positioning and fundamentals overlay is specific to the U.S. crude complex.
Is this investment advice?+
No. COTInsight is an informational data tool only. Nothing here constitutes a trading recommendation. Read the Risk Disclaimer before subscribing.
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