# CFTC Commitments of Traders (COT) Reports (`pushbuild/cftc-commitments-of-traders`) Actor

Weekly CFTC Commitments of Traders positioning for every futures market: legacy, disaggregated (managed money, producers, swap dealers) and financial (leveraged funds, asset managers). Net positions, changes, open interest, history to 1986.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/pushbuild/cftc-commitments-of-traders.md
- **Developed by:** [Pushbuild Data](https://apify.com/pushbuild) (community)
- **Categories:** Business, Other
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## Pricing

$0.20 / 1,000 rows

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

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In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
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For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## CFTC Commitments of Traders (COT) Reports

Weekly positioning of large traders in every US futures market, straight from the CFTC's official Commitments of Traders data (publicreporting.cftc.gov). Covers gold, crude oil, natural gas, grains, currencies, Treasuries, equity index futures, Bitcoin and hundreds more, with history back to 1986.

### Reports

- **Legacy**: commercial, non-commercial and non-reportable positions.
- **Disaggregated** (commodities): producer/merchant, swap dealers, managed money, other reportables.
- **Traders in Financial Futures**: dealers, asset managers, leveraged funds, other reportables.

Each comes as futures only or futures and options combined.

### Output

One row per market per weekly report: report date, market, contract code, exchange, commodity group, open interest, long/short/spread positions for every trader group, week-over-week changes, percent of open interest, trader counts and concentration ratios. Net positions are pre-computed (e.g. `managedMoneyNet`, `leveragedFundsNet`, `nonCommercialNet`).

### Input examples

- Latest gold positioning: `{"markets": ["GOLD"]}`
- Managed money in WTI since 2020: `{"report": "disaggregated", "contractCodes": ["067651"], "dateFrom": "2020-01-01"}`
- Leveraged funds in E-mini S\&P 500: `{"report": "financial", "markets": ["E-MINI S&P 500"], "dateFrom": "2025-01-01"}`

Reports are as of Tuesday and released Friday afternoon (ET). Pricing: per row returned.

# Actor input Schema

## `report` (type: `string`):

Which COT report format.

## `includeOptions` (type: `boolean`):

Off: futures only. On: futures and options combined.

## `markets` (type: `array`):

Text match on market name, e.g. GOLD, CRUDE OIL, E-MINI S\&P 500, EURO FX, BITCOIN.

## `contractCodes` (type: `array`):

Exact CFTC contract market codes, e.g. 088691 (gold), 13874A (E-mini S\&P 500).

## `commodityGroup` (type: `string`):

e.g. NATURAL RESOURCES, AGRICULTURE, FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS.

## `exchangeCode` (type: `string`):

e.g. CME, CBT, NYME, CMX, ICUS.

## `latestOnly` (type: `boolean`):

Only the most recent weekly report. Default: on when no dates are given.

## `dateFrom` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD report date (Tuesday as-of date).

## `dateTo` (type: `string`):

YYYY-MM-DD.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Report date order.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Maximum rows returned.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "report": "legacy",
  "includeOptions": false,
  "markets": [
    "GOLD"
  ],
  "sort": "newest",
  "maxItems": 500
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

No description

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "markets": [
        "GOLD"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("pushbuild/cftc-commitments-of-traders").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "markets": ["GOLD"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("pushbuild/cftc-commitments-of-traders").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "markets": [
    "GOLD"
  ]
}' |
apify call pushbuild/cftc-commitments-of-traders --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,pushbuild/cftc-commitments-of-traders"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/Er8RBZKDy8uFCmX3i/builds/wxdb7WAAVztgXevLa/openapi.json