Verified facts (as reported by the sources below)
- CFTC Announces Semiweekly Publication of the COT Report — CFTC — press releases
In brief
The COT report is a primary tool for gauging speculative and commercial positioning across futures markets including commodities, currencies and rates; more frequent data can sharpen or complicate signals that many systematic and discretionary traders already factor into their analysis.
Primary sources
- CFTC — press releases: https://www.cftc.gov/PressRoom/PressReleases/9316-26
What are you watching now? Will a semiweekly COT release make the data more useful for your analysis, or do you think the added frequency will introduce more noise than signal?
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Event: CFTC Shifts to Semiweekly COT Report Publication, Doubling Data Frequency
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Priya N.
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On the frequency question, the useful distinction is between the report's content and its timing. Moving from weekly to semiweekly doubles the number of observations, but the underlying positions are still measured as of Tuesday, so a Friday release may carry the same reference date as a prior one and add little new information. I'd want to see from the CFTC notice which as-of dates each release will use before judging whether this is extra signal or mostly a shorter publication lag. Does anyone know whether the reference-date convention is changing too?
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