COT Gold, Silver and US Dollar Index Report - March 5, 2019

COT SPECIAL PUBLICATION SCHEDULE Reminder

-- Due to the U.S. Government Shutdown (February 1 Announcement) The last COT report was published on December 21, 2018. Reports going forward from that date will be published in chronological order beginning with the report previously scheduled for release on Friday, December 28, 2018 (based on data from Monday, December 24, 2018). The CFTC published the first report on Friday, February 1, 2019.

After this, the CFTC expects to publish one report on Tuesday and another on Friday of each week until the reports are current as per the normal schedule.

	Gold COT Report - Futures
	Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
	Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
	236,835	101,139	65,402	146,042	305,887	448,279	472,428
	Change from Prior Reporting Period
	-17,251	-7,300	11,881	-119	-6,751	-5,489	-2,170
	Traders
	200	69	70	50	53	282	167
		Small Speculators
		Long	Short	Open Interest
		52,989	28,840	501,268
		2,118	-1,201	-3,371
		non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
	COT Gold Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, February 26, 2019

	Gold COT Report - Futures & Options Combined
	Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
	Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
	255,148	94,213	187,148	242,538	428,797	684,834	710,158
	Change from Prior Reporting Period
	-15,168	-5,475	-32,945	-36,445	-42,558	-84,558	-80,978
	Traders
	227	80	137	58	59	339	227
		Small Speculators
		Long	Short	Open Interest
		57,640	32,316	742,474
		721	-2,859	-83,837
		non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
	COT Gold Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, February 26, 2019

	Silver COT Report - Futures
	Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
	Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
	90,971	32,658	12,319	72,192	150,361	175,482	195,338
	1,836	-6,208	-2,347	-8,721	-4,426	-9,232	-12,981
	Traders
	111	36	51	43	41	174	113
		Small Speculators
		Long	Short	Open Interest
		30,965	11,109	206,447
		-5,143	-1,394	-14,375
		non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
	COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, February 26, 2019

	Silver COT Report - Futures & Options Combined
	Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
	Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
	90,244	32,291	26,417	87,024	165,270	203,684	223,978
	741	-5,880	-9,204	-12,840	-10,304	-21,303	-25,387
	Traders
	121	39	68	45	44	191	130
		Small Speculators
		Long	Short	Open Interest
		32,153	11,859	235,837
		-6,173	-2,089	-27,476
		non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
	COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, February 26, 2019

	US Dollar Index COT Report - Futures
	Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
	Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
	48,597	16,684	5,244	6,659	40,206	60,500	62,134
	53	979	2,877	2,153	1,650	5,083	5,506
	Traders
	58	28	13	4	8	65	48
		Small Speculators
		Long	Short	Open Interest
		4,099	2,465	64,599
		407	-16	5,490
		non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
	COT US Dollar Index Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, February 26, 2019

	US Dollar Index COT Report - Futures & Options Combined
	Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
	Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
	48,583	16,687	5,267	6,669	40,208	60,518	62,161
	54	979	2,876	2,152	1,650	5,082	5,505
	Traders
	59	29	13	4	8	66	49
		Small Speculators
		Long	Short	Open Interest
		4,114	2,471	64,633
		407	-16	5,489
		non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
	COT US Dollar Index Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, February 26, 2019