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COT Net Positions OTC

COT Net Positions Indicator Description
This is a TradingView Pine Script indicator that displays Commitment of Traders (COT) data for any trading instrument.
What it does:
Fetches COT Data - Uses the TradingView COT library to retrieve official CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) data for the current symbol
Calculates Net Positions for three trader categories:
Commercial (Blue) - Large hedging institutions; represents institutional long/short positioning
Non-Commercial (Yellow) - Large speculators and hedge funds; often considered "smart money"
Retail (Red) - Small individual traders; often considered contrarian indicators
Net Position Calculation - For each category:
Takes Long Positions minus Short Positions
Plots the result on a separate panel below the price chart
Special Symbol Handling - Includes custom mappings for specific commodities:
Copper (HG) → CFTC code 085692
Brazilian Real (LBR) → CFTC code 058644
Use Cases:
Market Bias Detection - See if institutions are mostly long or short
Contrarian Trading - When retail traders are extremely positioned one way, often the market reverses
Trend Confirmation - Non-commercial positioning often aligns with established trends
Support/Resistance - Extreme COT positions can signal market turning points
This is a TradingView Pine Script indicator that displays Commitment of Traders (COT) data for any trading instrument.
What it does:
Fetches COT Data - Uses the TradingView COT library to retrieve official CFTC (Commodity Futures Trading Commission) data for the current symbol
Calculates Net Positions for three trader categories:
Commercial (Blue) - Large hedging institutions; represents institutional long/short positioning
Non-Commercial (Yellow) - Large speculators and hedge funds; often considered "smart money"
Retail (Red) - Small individual traders; often considered contrarian indicators
Net Position Calculation - For each category:
Takes Long Positions minus Short Positions
Plots the result on a separate panel below the price chart
Special Symbol Handling - Includes custom mappings for specific commodities:
Copper (HG) → CFTC code 085692
Brazilian Real (LBR) → CFTC code 058644
Use Cases:
Market Bias Detection - See if institutions are mostly long or short
Contrarian Trading - When retail traders are extremely positioned one way, often the market reverses
Trend Confirmation - Non-commercial positioning often aligns with established trends
Support/Resistance - Extreme COT positions can signal market turning points
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Skrip sumber terbuka
Dalam semangat TradingView sebenar, pencipta skrip ini telah menjadikannya sumber terbuka, jadi pedagang boleh menilai dan mengesahkan kefungsiannya. Terima kasih kepada penulis! Walaupuan anda boleh menggunakan secara percuma, ingat bahawa penerbitan semula kod ini tertakluk kepada Peraturan Dalaman.
Penafian
Maklumat dan penerbitan adalah tidak bertujuan, dan tidak membentuk, nasihat atau cadangan kewangan, pelaburan, dagangan atau jenis lain yang diberikan atau disahkan oleh TradingView. Baca lebih dalam Terma Penggunaan.