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Gold COT report

Who is long and who is short COMEX gold futures, from the CFTC's weekly Commitments of Traders report: managed money (hedge funds and other money managers), producers and merchants, swap dealers and the rest. Positions as of Tue 20 Oct 2026; page updated 28 October 2026, 09:28 UTC.

Right now (09:28 UTC): Managed money held a net long of 104,206 COMEX gold contracts (about 10.4 million oz, 25.9 % of open interest) on Tue 20 Oct 2026, −2,883 from a week earlier. Watch it live: GEX on the chart →

Managed money, net+104,206contracts · −2,883 from a week earlier
Net share of open interest25.9 %402,279 contracts open in total
Managed money long / short120,970 / 16,764contracts
Net in troy ounces+10.4M1 contract = 100 oz

Gold COT right now

Updated 28 Oct 2026, 09:28 UTC · descriptive data, not advice

Managed money net position, last 53 weeks

050,000100,000150,0002025-10-21: +92,22725-102025-10-28: +104,1592025-11-04: +100,5452025-11-10: +104,0872025-11-18: +98,2052025-11-25: +109,3092025-12-02: +120,3242025-12-09: +123,5482025-12-16: +132,59625-122025-12-23: +136,2702025-12-30: +126,0402026-01-06: +123,2132026-01-13: +134,7452026-01-20: +137,4442026-01-27: +118,1592026-02-03: +92,0722026-02-10: +92,02226-022026-02-17: +95,8932026-02-24: +95,9742026-03-03: +97,9172026-03-10: +98,3992026-03-17: +102,0432026-03-24: +91,6212026-03-31: +92,8142026-04-07: +90,03226-042026-04-14: +95,1412026-04-21: +92,9762026-04-28: +89,7522026-05-05: +94,2542026-05-12: +98,0152026-05-19: +93,5402026-05-26: +97,4462026-06-02: +112,17926-062026-06-09: +105,8632026-06-16: +113,7212026-06-23: +115,3952026-06-30: +120,0912026-07-07: +116,1612026-07-14: +120,7792026-07-21: +124,8312026-07-28: +119,79526-072026-08-04: +130,7662026-08-11: +137,6622026-08-18: +141,6482026-08-25: +144,7472026-09-01: +136,7712026-09-08: +134,9722026-09-15: +133,1162026-09-22: +127,38926-092026-09-29: +120,3182026-10-06: +110,9872026-10-13: +107,0892026-10-20: +104,2064,0004,2504,5004,7505,0005,250managed money net, contracts (left) · white = gold price on the report date (right)

Week by week

Report dateLongShortNetChangeNet % of OIGold
Tue 20 Oct 2026120,97016,764+104,206−2,88325.9 %4,121.71
Tue 13 Oct 2026124,74717,658+107,089−3,89827.0 %4,161.23
Tue 6 Oct 2026127,10116,114+110,987−9,33128.0 %4,169.32
Tue 29 Sep 2026131,71111,393+120,318−7,07129.6 %4,188.65
Tue 22 Sep 2026135,6998,310+127,389−5,72730.9 %4,367.28
Tue 15 Sep 2026142,3949,278+133,116−1,85632.5 %4,288.95
Tue 8 Sep 2026145,80410,832+134,972−1,79932.8 %4,353.77
Tue 1 Sep 2026149,72112,950+136,771−7,97632.9 %4,330.83
Tue 25 Aug 2026159,81915,072+144,747+3,09933.8 %4,657.86
Tue 18 Aug 2026154,59512,947+141,648+3,98634.9 %4,338.27
Tue 11 Aug 2026148,63410,972+137,662+6,89634.4 %4,376.23
Tue 4 Aug 2026139,8099,043+130,766+10,97135.2 %4,078.23

All groups, latest week

Together with spread positions (held long and short at the same time, not shown here) the groups make up the whole open interest. Producers and merchants are mostly miners, refiners and bullion dealers hedging; swap dealers are mostly banks.

GroupLongShortNet
Managed money120,97016,764+104,206
Producers and merchants19,71534,498−14,783
Swap dealers17,737238,536−220,799
Other reportables116,17220,513+95,659
Non-reportable (small traders)51,40715,690+35,717

How to read the gold COT report

Every futures contract has a buyer and a seller, so the market as a whole is always flat. The report shows who holds which side. Managed money is the group most often read as speculative positioning: a large net long means many funds already own gold futures, a fall in the net position means they are selling or adding shorts. The positions are from Tuesday and come out on Friday, so the report is a few days old when it appears.

COMEX gold futures are 100 troy ounces per contract. The gold price in the table is the Binance XAUUSDT close on the report date (UTC), for orientation.

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Data: CFTC Commitments of Traders, disaggregated futures only, COMEX gold (code 088691); gold price from the Binance XAUUSDT perpetual. Descriptive data, not advice.

FAQ

What is the gold COT report?

The CFTC's weekly Commitments of Traders report shows the positions of different trader groups in US futures markets. For gold it covers COMEX gold futures. This page uses the disaggregated version, which splits traders into producers and merchants, swap dealers, managed money, other reportables and small traders.

Who is managed money?

Hedge funds, commodity trading advisers and other money managers registered with the CFTC. Their net position is the number most often quoted as speculators' positioning in gold.

When is the COT report published?

Usually on Friday at 15:30 New York time, with the positions as of the Tuesday before. US holidays can move it by a day or two.

Is a large net long bullish or bearish?

Neither by itself. It describes positioning. Some traders read very large net longs as crowded, others as a sign of strong demand. This page does not forecast.

How often is this page updated?

We check the CFTC every hour; the numbers change once a week when a new report comes out.