Hi folks,It’s with sadness that I’ve decided to take a break from my regular weekly Commitments of Traders updates.I’ve been planning to review and update my trading setups, but I just haven’t managed to find the time.It’s important to do a review like that every once in a while to take into account new data. I also wanted to check how my existing setups have performed and look at ways to improve their performance.Here are some other projects I’m working on right now: Check out my award-winning book Police Wife: The Secret Epidemic of Police Domestic Violence, which got an honorable mention in the 2018 Reader’s Favorite International Book Awards (plus a five-star review) and was finalist in the American Book Fest 2017 … [Read More...]

Two signals take effect on the coming week’s open of trading based on the latest Commitments of Traders data from the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission:- cash for the Nasdaq-100 (which has been bullish three months, since March 17)- bullish for the 30-year Treasury bond (which means the bond yield would fall)See my latest signals table for details on trader positioning in these and the other eight markets I trade using the free weekly COT reports. Other signals remain the same as last week.Good luck this week, and to Quebec readers, Joyeuse St-Jean! [Read More...]

Traders aren’t getting overly exercised about the shoot-down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 almost certainly by Kremlin-backed militia, Israel’s incursion into Gaza and fighting in Iraq.The latest Commitments of Traders report issued Friday has resulted in some new signals taking effect on this week’s open of trading, but not a huge swing toward uncertainty or bearishness.New signals:- bearish for the Nasdaq-100 and gold- cash for copper (which had previously been bearish)- bullish for crude oilThe gold bearish signal is more evidence that traders aren’t freaking out. Serious market trepidation would likely have pushed traders to be bullish gold.S&P 500 Traders BullishOther signals remain the same, including S&P 500, which is bullish. In fact, S&P 500 commercial traders substantially increasing their net futures … [Read More...]