Dutch Power (EEX) Positioning
Dutch Power (EEX) positioning comes from the weekly MiFID II Article 58 position report that the trading venue files and ESMA republishes in its register, which splits open interest into investment funds, investment firms and credit institutions, other financial institutions, commercial undertakings and operators with compliance obligations. It shows who holds the open interest each week and which way they lean, the EU counterpart of the CFTC's Commitments of Traders report.
What drives Dutch Power (EEX) positioning
Dutch electricity prices follow what it costs to run gas plants, which is why the TTF hub matters so much to hedgers on this contract. New offshore wind farms and solar capacity mean that weather increasingly sets the tone in the spot market. Cross-border trade with Germany and Belgium carries Dutch price moves into neighbouring markets. On EEX, utilities and suppliers can hedge Dutch and German delivery side by side on one exchange, while funds use the contract to express Northwest European views.
How to read Dutch Power (EEX) positioning
Read Dutch Power (EEX) positioning against its own history: where the investment-fund net sits in its 52-week and 3-year range, and whether commercial hedgers lean the other way. Compare an extreme here with the Dutch Power (ICE Endex) page, since a move that shows up on both venues carries more weight than one confined to a single book.
This is Dutch baseload power on EEX. It covers the same Dutch delivery as Dutch Power (ICE Endex), so the difference between the pages is the venue and the participants who use it. Reading both gives a fuller picture of how the Dutch market as a whole is positioned.
COTInsight scores Dutch Power (EEX) every week on the layers that do not need a price: the 52-week z-score, the 3-year COT Index, the regime classifier, momentum and streak, the open-interest trend, concentration, and the positioning cycle. There is no price series for this contract, so no divergence flag and no outcome statistics.
ESMA, MiFID II Article 58 weekly position reports, available free of charge at registers.esma.europa.eu. COTInsight regroups ESMA's position categories into its own columns and calculates its own statistics from them; ESMA does not endorse COTInsight.
Dutch Power (EEX) positioning FAQ
Which report covers Dutch Power (EEX)?
Dutch Power (EEX) positioning comes from the weekly MiFID II Article 58 position report that the trading venue files and ESMA republishes in its register, which splits open interest into investment funds, investment firms and credit institutions, other financial institutions, commercial undertakings and operators with compliance obligations. COTInsight maps investment funds to the speculative side and commercial undertakings plus operators with compliance obligations to the hedging side.
How often is Dutch Power (EEX) positioning updated?
Each venue reports positions as of the end of every week. COTInsight checks ESMA's register every week and shows the date of the latest report beside the reading.
Why are there no price statistics for Dutch Power (EEX)?
COTInsight has no price series for Dutch Power (EEX), so the page carries no divergence flag and no outcome statistics. The positioning layers do not need a price.
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