Spot positioning flips
See when a participant group moves from net short to net long, or from net long to net short.
CFTC positioning workflow
Follow CFTC positioning without digging through weekly reports
See how hedge funds, asset managers, producers and swap dealers are positioned across major futures markets.
Squawkdeck turns the weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders reports into net-position updates, historical charts and configurable alerts.
See who is buying, selling and changing direction
CFTC reports contain valuable positioning data, but the raw files are difficult to compare and easy to misread.
Squawkdeck matches each report to the correct futures contract, keeps participant categories separate and calculates net-position changes, streaks, flips and historical percentile extremes.
Put the latest report in context
Compare current positioning with its range over the past quarter, year and three years.
Compare weekly net-position changes
Follow large increases or reductions in net positions, changes as a share of open interest and multi-week buying or selling streaks.
Focus on the markets you trade
Build a deck covering currencies, metals, energy, grains, soft commodities, livestock or financial futures.
From the weekly report to a calculated positioning update
- 1. The report is checked before publication. Incomplete or malformed data is withheld rather than shown as a valid update.
- 2. Contracts and participant groups are matched correctly. Financial futures and commodity reports remain separate, with no mixing of categories such as Leveraged Funds, Managed Money, Producers or Swap Dealers.
- 3. Net-position changes and historical comparisons are calculated. Squawkdeck calculates net positions, weekly changes, four-week changes, open-interest shares, streaks and historical percentiles.
- 4. Published positioning updates appear in your deck. Follow the CFTC source and create alerts for positioning flips, unusually large changes or extreme historical readings.
Example updates
Foreign exchange
CFTC Foreign Exchange — Week ended July 28, 2026
Report scope: TFF Futures Only Largest Leveraged Funds changes: • EUR: increased net short by 8,527 to 65,198 • GBP: increased net long by 7,861 to 41,097 • JPY: increased net short by 5,805 to 101,990 • CAD: increased net short by 4,118 to 102,495 • AUD: increased net long by 2,830 to 27,618 Largest Asset Manager/Institutional changes: • GBP: increased net short by 21,822 to 140,911 • EUR: reduced net long by 19,601 to 209,326 • AUD: reduced net short by 3,435 to 31,709 • JPY: increased net short by 3,151 to 83,057 • CAD: increased net short by 2,995 to 101,160 Source: US CFTC
Actual Squawkdeck message · report dated 2026-07-28
Metals
CFTC Metals Positioning — Week ended July 28, 2026
Report scope: Disaggregated Futures Only Largest Managed Money changes: • Copper: reduced net long by 6,507 to 65,008 • Gold: reduced net long by 5,036 to 119,795 • Silver: reduced net long by 2,100 to 9,182 • Palladium: reduced net short by 444 to 6,173 • Platinum: increased net long by 303 to 6,526 Largest Producer/Merchant/Processor/User changes: • Copper: reduced net short by 5,929 to 85,279 • Gold: increased net short by 1,228 to 20,549 • Platinum: increased net short by 285 to 9,599 • Palladium: reduced net long by 143 to 632 • Silver: reduced net short by 15 to 13,029 Largest Swap Dealer changes: • Gold: reduced net short by 2,118 to 191,760 • Silver: reduced net short by 1,629 to 25,780 • Platinum: reduced net short by 913 to 6,552 • Palladium: reduced net long by 144 to 3,782 • Copper: increased net long by 22 to 9,118 Source: US CFTC
Actual Squawkdeck message · report dated 2026-07-28
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