COT-based Markets Weekly Overview for July 18–24

7 min readJul 18, 2022

We make up a weekly medium-term trade list based on CFTC reports and technical analysis.

The overview provides a description of the technical condition of the market on the most popular financial instruments, as well as information on the large speculators’ actions according to the last COT reports and the previous period.

If you want to use CFTC reports in your trading practice, you should understand that for an objective assessment of the situation it’s not enough to have the data of the last report. The dynamic is more important, in other words, comparing the statistics of large speculators’ actions in the current period with the previous one, so we mention both values.

Key topics

E-Mini S&P500 (ESU22)

The market remains in the uptrend. The correction came to an end last week and the pullback buying opportunity was formed. Long positions will remain relevant until the market is above the nearest support level on the Daily timeframe, the lows of July 12–15.

COT indicator decreases. CFTC reports indicate that large speculators are selling and the professionals’ opinion doesn’t correspond to the market technical picture and it makes sense to reduce the position size when an entry point appears in the trend direction.

E-Mini S&P500 (ESU22). Technical analysis and COT net position indicator

Dollar Index (DXY)

The market remains in the uptrend and the correction wave develops. A pullback buying opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. Long positions will remain relevant until the market is above the nearest support level on the Daily timeframe, the lows of July 12–14.

COT indicator decreases. CFTC reports indicate that large speculators are selling the dollar, hedgers are buying and the professionals’ opinion doesn’t correspond to the Daily trend direction and it makes sense to reduce the position size when an entry point appears in the trend direction.

Dollar Index (DXY). Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

Euro (EURUSD)

EURUSD currency pair remains in the bearish trend. The correction came to an end last week and the pullback selling opportunity was formed. Short positions (EURUSD) will remain relevant until the market is below the nearest resistance level on the Daily timeframe, the highs of July 13–14.

COT indicator decreases. Large speculators are selling Euro and the professionals’ opinion corresponds to the market technical picture.

EURUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

Swiss Franc (USDCHF)

USDCHF currency pair remains in the downtrend. The correction came to an end last week and the pullback selling opportunity was formed. Short positions (USDCHF) will remain relevant until the market is below the nearest resistance level on the Daily timeframe, the highs of July 14–15.

COT indicator reversed. Large speculators are buying franc and the professionals’ opinion corresponds to the market technical picture.

CHFUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

British Pound (GBPUSD)

GBPUSD currency pair remains in the bearish trend and the correction wave develops. A pullback selling opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. Short positions (GBPUSD) will remain relevant until the market is below the nearest resistance level on the Daily timeframe, the highs of July 7–11.

COT indicator reversed. CFTC reports indicate that large speculators are selling Pound and the professionals’ opinion corresponds to the Daily trend direction.

GBPUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

Japanese Yen (USDJPY)

USDJPY currency pair remains in the bullish trend and the correction wave develops. A pullback buying opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. Long positions (USDJPY) will remain relevant until the market is above the nearest support level on the Daily timeframe, the lows of June 30 — July 6.

COT indicator reversed. Large speculators are selling Yen and the professionals’ opinion corresponds to the Daily trend direction.

JPYUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

WTI Crude Oil (CLQ22)

The market remains in the downtrend. The correction came to an end last week and the pullback selling opportunity was formed. Short positions will remain relevant until the market is below the nearest resistance level on the Daily timeframe, the highs of July 7–12.

COT net position indicator decreases. Large speculators are selling oil. Professionals’ opinion corresponds to the Daily trend direction.

WTI Crude Oil (CLQ22). Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

Canadian Dollar (USDCAD)

USDCAD currency pair remains in the uptrend and the correction wave develops. A pullback buying opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. Long positions (USDCAD) will remain relevant until the market is above the nearest support level on the Daily timeframe, the lows of July 13–14.

COT indicator reversed. CFTC reports indicate that large speculators are selling the Canadian dollar and hedgers are buying and the professionals’ opinion corresponds to the market technical picture.

CADUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

Gold (XAUUSD)

The market remains in the bearish trend. The correction came to an end last week and the pullback selling opportunity was formed. Short positions will remain relevant until the market is below the nearest resistance level on the Daily timeframe, the highs of July 13–14.

COT indicator decreases. Large speculators are selling gold and the professionals’ opinion corresponds to the market technical picture.

Gold (GCQ22). Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

Silver (XAGUSD)

The market remains in the bearish trend and the correction wave develops. A pullback selling opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. Short positions will remain relevant until the market is below the nearest resistance level on the Daily timeframe, the highs of July 13–14.

COT indicator decreases. At the same time, CFTC reports indicate that large speculators are selling and hedgers are buying and the professionals’ opinion corresponds to the market technical picture.

Silver (SIU22). Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

Australian Dollar (AUDUSD)

AUDUSD currency pair remains in the bearish trend and the correction wave develops. A pullback selling opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. Short positions (AUDUSD) will remain relevant until the market is below the nearest resistance level on the Daily timeframe, the highs of July 7–11.

COT net position indicator reversed. Large speculators are buying and hedgers are selling. Professionals’ opinion doesn’t correspond to the Daily trend direction and it makes sense to reduce the position size when an entry point appears in the trend direction.

AUDUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

New Zealand Dollar (NZDUSD)

NZDUSD currency pair remains in the bearish trend. The correction came to an end last week and the pullback selling opportunity was formed. Short positions (AUDUSD) will remain relevant until the market is below the nearest resistance level on the Daily timeframe, the highs of July 7–11.

COT indicator increases. CFTC reports indicate that large speculators are buying and the professionals’ opinion doesn’t correspond to the market technical picture and it makes sense to reduce the position size when an entry point appears in the trend direction.

NZDUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

Russian Rouble (USDRUB)

USDRUB currency pair remains in the uptrend and the correction wave develops. A pullback buying opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. Long positions (USDRUB) will remain relevant until the market is above the nearest support level on the Daily timeframe, the lows of June 28 — July 1.

COT indicator for USDRUB remains unchanged since mid-March. With this in mind, trading decisions should be made only based on technical analysis.

RUBUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.

Conclusions

In terms of medium-term trading, financial instruments with the correction close to completion on the Daily timeframe and with potentially the most promising risk-reward ratio are EURUSD, NZDUSD and gold.

In the near future, silver, USDRUB, AUDUSD, USDCAD, GBPUSD and USDJPY can become noteworthy depending on the market correction depth.

Other financial instruments in the trade list may be also interesting, but in these markets pullback signals on the Daily timeframe are likely to occur no earlier than a week.