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Oct 10, 2026 5 min read

The COT Index Explained: How to Turn the CFTC Report into a Weekly Bias (With the Formula)

The Commitments of Traders report is published every Friday and read by almost nobody correctly. This is the COT index formula, what each trader group means, the thresholds that matter, and how to turn the whole thing into one weekly bias per market.