US CFTC plans to increase the publication frequency of its Commitments of Traders (COT) report to twice a week.

The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) is working to boost the release frequency of the closely watched Commitment of Traders (COT) Report to twice weekly by the end of this year. Currently published every Friday, the report details buying and selling activity in the commodities market, categorizing participants into hedge funds, other asset management firms, and commercial trading entities. Producers rely on the report to inform their hedging decisions, while speculators use the data to monitor shifts in market positions and whether related bets are overly concentrated. CFTC Chair Michael Selig stated last week at an agricultural commodities futures conference held in Kansas that the plan to increase the report’s release frequency stems from demands from the agricultural community.