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COT question
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Quote from a529612:
But how about commercials for stock index futures? Are they the same people, i.e. farmer?
Those would be fund managers hedging their underlying stock portfolios.
Quote from a529612:
...If the large specs are increasingly long (or short), does it mean you should play on the same side?
Not necessarily. I mean it is not as clear cut as that. Commercials are big players as well so you cannot just disregard them.
Quote from a529612:
How are they different from large specs (hedgies)? Are they the long only mutual fund jockies?
Basically, yes. The difference is that specs take speculative positions in expectation of making a profit. Commercials hedge their underlying instrument position so that they are not losing money, they are not interested in making a profit.
Quote from MTE:
Those would be fund managers hedging their underlying stock portfolios.
Not necessarily. I mean it is not as clear cut as that. Commercials are big players as well so you cannot just disregard them.
Is there a chart indicator that follows commercials for index futures? I just watched Larry Williams tape today, called "the money tree." And he talks about commercials. The tape is outdated from the 90's. But I wanted to try to use 'commercials' with index futures and see if it worked. I can't find commercials in any chart packages though. Any suggestions? For trading the emini S&P 500.
Quote from wonderworld:
Is there a chart indicator that follows commercials for index futures? I just watched Larry Williams tape today, called "the money tree." And he talks about commercials. The tape is outdated from the 90's. But I wanted to try to use 'commercials' with index futures and see if it worked. I can't find commercials in any chart packages though. Any suggestions? For trading the emini S&P 500.
There's no chart indicator for this. COT is released once a week so if you want to plot it on a chart then I'd say you have to do it manually.