Official CFTC context for Disaggregated COT reports and trader categories.
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Markets / Gold COT Report
Gold COT Report, made readable.
Open the latest source-verified Gold brief to see managed-money net positioning, open-interest scale, weekly change, historical percentile, and a 52-week chart in one place.
BoundaryPositioning context only. Not investment advice. Not a trade signal.
Sources
Educational context for open interest and its relationship to futures positioning.
Official sourceWhat the free Gold brief shows
Gold uses the CFTC Disaggregated futures-only report and the Managed Money category. The brief calculates net contracts, scales the position by open interest, compares one and four weeks, and ranks the current net reading against 156 weekly observations.
How to read managed-money positioning in gold
Managed-money positioning shows one public slice of directional participation in gold. Read it against the market's own history and the visible position date. A high or low reading can persist; it is not a timing or price-direction signal.
The five fields to read first
The live Gold brief keeps the source and calculation beside the result. This page links to that artifact instead of repeating values that could become stale.
| Field | How to use it |
|---|---|
| Trader class | Managed Money in the named Disaggregated report. |
| Net positioning | Reported longs minus shorts. |
| % open interest | Scale relative to current market participation. |
| 1w / 4w change | Movement since prior weekly observations. |
| 3-year percentile | Current net position versus its own recent history. |
BoundaryCOT data is delayed. This read reflects the stated COT source date, not a real-time market state.
What this page does not claim
The COT Brief does not turn Managed Money into ‘smart money,’ infer a gold price target, or imply that an extreme must reverse. It is weekly positioning context generated from the controlled CFTC pipeline.
BoundaryPositioning context only. Not investment advice. Not a trade signal.
FAQ
Does this page show current gold COT values?
The linked free COT Brief shows the latest Gold values that passed the freshness and consistency checks.
Why focus on managed money?
It is a useful public category for inspecting directional positioning in many futures markets.
What happens if gold data is stale or missing?
The public brief build fails. tiltline does not replace missing current data with generic commentary.
Is this investment advice?
No. It is positioning context for research review.