The COT report is released on Friday afternoons based on open positions as of Tuesday of the same week.
The FX COT report is based on the respective futures contracts traded on the CME (Chicago Mercantile Exchange).
Using the Commitments of Traders (COT Report) in trading.
Displayed data
The data is updated only once a week, so the COT indicator is best used on higher timeframes, such as: H4, D1, W1.
The indicator gives access to three types of data, between which you can switch using the buttons on the panel.
COT (The Commitment of Traders Report):
- Commercials (blue);
- Large Speculators (green);
- Small Speculators (red).
TTF (The Traders in Financial Futures):
- Dealer/Intermediary (gray/black);
- Asset Manager (orange);
- Leveraged Funds (dark blue).
OI (Open Interest):
- Open Interest (blue).
List of supported symbols (8):
- EURUSD;
- GBPUSD;
- USDJPY;
- USDCHF;
- USDCAD;
- AUDUSD;
- NZDUSD;
- USDMXN.
Indicator Settings
Show Report by Default - you can choose which report will be displayed by default when you start the terminal. Available options are COT, TFF and OI.
Indicator Panel Position - you can change the position of the indicator panel. Two options are available: Left and Right.
Auto Scheme - the indicator will automatically select the color scheme depending on the background color of your chart. You can also manually choose between dark and light schemes.
Indicator installation
Download Link
1. Download and unzip the archive to the MQL4/5 folder of the terminal;
2. Restart the terminal and run the indicator;
3. Allow import of DLLs.