COT Report charts

[Frederick Foresight]

How to track the "smart money"?

To quote from your post:

But hey, its just too goddamn difficult to process all this stuff.

 

[margin_gamble]

Correct!

 

[margin_gamble]

If everyone is long or short, then who is on the other side of the trade?

The Devil

 

[Sprout]

Nah, it may be useful for long-term positional trading analysis since it is once per week. If it was a real-time feed every day all day? THAT would be fascinating!

One can see this in the charts.

Your intraday stops being run above contra-trend short term swings,... ka-ching!

 

[longandshort]

If everyone is long or short, then who is on the other side of the trade?

Dealers, hedgers, other types of investors, and open interest.

 

[Fonz]

Is there a platform or app that allows you to see charts of the COT reports released by CFTC?

I'm reading a book that gives formulas for analysis and I'd like to be able to plug it in real easy to see rather than make some complex Excel spreadsheet.

Nothing better than https://www.marketsmadeclear.com/Home.aspx

 

[MMC]

Thanks for the recommendation, Fonz. If you ever need help with our data/charts, please feel free to reach out and I'll be happy to help.