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Schad Commodity Weekly “Commitment of Traders” Analysis: An Insider’s View of the Next Big Market Move · April 17th, 2026
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, we’ll update our personal weekly commodity trading charts and review them for changes in “net long” or, “net short” holdings between the big commercial commodity traders, large speculators, and the usually uninformed public. This “commitment of traders analysis” is our professional outlook for “the bigger picture” and current dynamics for each market which provide a spyglass view of the BIG commercial traders and what they are currently doing to influence the crypto and futures markets.
As you may already know, insider trading with stocks on Wall Street is very illegal. However, in the commodity & crypto trading industry, large/commercial traders MUST report their positions EACH WEEK to the CFTC regulatory body, hence, we monitor them on a weekly basis. Although the crypto & futures markets themselves will ultimately provide the most accurate illustration of trend, these (weekly) market’s charts we’ve identified, serve to forewarn us of the next possible bigger move.
Here are the commodity & crypto markets which illustrate their forthcoming changing picture…the ones to be watching more closely to consider taking a position in next week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders report. The trends really do start, end, or continue here:
UP Trending Futures Markets: Cotton #2, E-mini S&P 500 Index*, Live Cattle, E-mini NASDAQ Index*, RBOB Gasoline*, Soy Oil, and Soymeal
DOWN Trending Futures Markets: Cocoa, Natural Gas NY, and Japanese Yen
*expect extension of current trend
Markets are removed from this list only if the buy/sell/trend acceleration set-up has been fulfilled, or is no longer valid.
ALL COMMENTARY IS CONSIDERED OPINION & VIEWS FROM THE AUTHOR AND NOT A SOLICITATION OF ANY SECURITIES. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY INTERESTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Schad Commodity Weekly “Commitment of Traders” Analysis: An Insider’s View of the Next Big Market Move · April 10th, 2026
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, we’ll update our personal weekly commodity trading charts and review them for changes in “net long” or, “net short” holdings between the big commercial commodity traders, large speculators, and the usually uninformed public. This “commitment of traders analysis” is our professional outlook for “the bigger picture” and current dynamics for each market which provide a spyglass view of the BIG commercial traders and what they are currently doing to influence the crypto and futures markets.
As you may already know, insider trading with stocks on Wall Street is very illegal. However, in the commodity & crypto trading industry, large/commercial traders MUST report their positions EACH WEEK to the CFTC regulatory body, hence, we monitor them on a weekly basis. Although the crypto & futures markets themselves will ultimately provide the most accurate illustration of trend, these (weekly) market’s charts we’ve identified, serve to forewarn us of the next possible bigger move.
Here are the commodity & crypto markets which illustrate their forthcoming changing picture…the ones to be watching more closely to consider taking a position in next week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders report. The trends really do start, end, or continue here:
UP Trending Futures Markets: Light Sweet Crude Oil NY, Cotton #2, US Dollar Index, Heating Oil NY*, Live Cattle, RBOB Gasoline*, and Soy Oil
DOWN Trending Futures Markets: Cocoa, Natural Gas NY, Silver, and Japanese Yen
*expect extension of current trend
ALL COMMENTARY IS CONSIDERED OPINION & VIEWS FROM THE AUTHOR AND NOT A SOLICITATION OF ANY SECURITIES. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY INTERESTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Schad Commodity Weekly “Commitment of Trader’s” Analysis: An Insider’s View of the Next Big Market Move · April 3rd, 2026
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, we’ll update our personal weekly commodity trading charts and review them for changes in “net long” or, “net short” holdings between the big commercial commodity traders, large speculators, and the usually uninformed public. This “commitment of traders analysis” is our professional outlook for “the bigger picture” and current dynamics for each market which provide a spyglass view of the BIG commercial traders and what they are currently doing to influence the crypto and futures markets.
As you may already know, insider trading with stocks on Wall Street is very illegal. However, in the commodity & crypto trading industry, large/commercial traders MUST report their positions EACH WEEK to the CFTC regulatory body, hence, we monitor them on a weekly basis. Although the crypto & futures markets themselves will ultimately provide the most accurate illustration of trend, these (weekly) market’s charts we’ve identified, serve to forewarn us of the next possible bigger move.
Here are the commodity & crypto markets which illustrate their forthcoming changing picture…the ones to be watching more closely to consider taking a position in next week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders report. The trends really do start, end, or continue here:
UP Trending Futures Markets: Light Sweet Crude Oil NY, Cotton #2, US Dollar Index, Feeder Cattle, Heating Oil NY*, Hard-Red Winter Wheat, RBOB Gasoline*, Sugar #11, and Soy Oil
DOWN Trending Futures Markets: Bitcoin*, Cocoa, Gold, High-Grade Copper, E-mini Nasdaq 100 Index, Silver, Euro-FX, and Japanese Yen
*expect extension of current trend
ALL COMMENTARY IS CONSIDERED OPINION & VIEWS FROM THE AUTHOR AND NOT A SOLICITATION OF ANY SECURITIES. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY INTERESTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Schad Commodity Weekly “Commitment of Trader’s” Analysis: An Insider’s View of the Next Big Market Move · March 27th, 2026
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, we’ll update our personal weekly commodity trading charts and review them for changes in “net long” or, “net short” holdings between the big commercial commodity traders, large speculators, and the usually uninformed public. This “commitment of traders analysis” is our professional outlook for “the bigger picture” and current dynamics for each market which provide a spyglass view of the BIG commercial traders and what they are currently doing to influence the crypto and futures markets.
As you may already know, insider trading with stocks on Wall Street is very illegal. However, in the commodity & crypto trading industry, large/commercial traders MUST report their positions EACH WEEK to the CFTC regulatory body, hence, we monitor them on a weekly basis. Although the crypto & futures markets themselves will ultimately provide the most accurate illustration of trend, these (weekly) market’s charts we’ve identified, serve to forewarn us of the next possible bigger move.
Here are the commodity & crypto markets which illustrate their forthcoming changing picture…the ones to be watching more closely to consider taking a position in next week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders report. The trends really do start, end, or continue here:
UP Trending Futures Markets: Light Sweet Crude Oil NY, Cotton #2, US Dollar Index, Heating Oil NY*, Hard-Red Winter Wheat, Sugar #11, Corn/Maize, Soy Oil, and Soymeal
DOWN Trending Futures Markets: Bitcoin*, Cocoa, Gold, High-Grade Copper, E-mini Nasdaq 100 Index, Silver, and Japanese Yen
*expect extension of current trend
ALL COMMENTARY IS CONSIDERED OPINION & VIEWS FROM THE AUTHOR AND NOT A SOLICITATION OF ANY SECURITIES. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY INTERESTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Schad Commodity Weekly “Commitment of Traders” Report: An Insider’s View of the Next Big Market Move · March 20th, 2026
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, we’ll update our personal weekly commodity trading charts and review them for changes in “net long” or, “net short” holdings between the big commercial commodity traders, large speculators, and the usually uninformed public. This is our professional analysis of “the bigger picture” and current dynamics for each market which provide a spyglass view of the BIG commercial traders and what they are currently doing to influence the crypto and futures markets.
As you may already know, insider trading with stocks on Wall Street is very illegal. However, in the commodity & crypto trading industry, large/commercial traders MUST report their positions EACH WEEK to the CFTC regulatory body, hence, we monitor them on a weekly basis. Although the crypto & futures markets themselves will ultimately provide the most accurate illustration of trend, these (weekly) charts we’ve identified, serve to forewarn us of the next possible bigger move.
Here are the commodity & crypto markets which illustrate their forthcoming changing picture…the ones to be watching more closely to consider taking a position in next week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders report. The trends really do start, end, or continue here:
UP Trending Futures Markets: Light Sweet Crude Oil NY, Cotton #2, US Dollar Index, High-Grade Copper, Hard-Red Winter Wheat, Corn/Maize, Soy Oil, Soybeans and Soft-Red Winter Wheat
DOWN Trending Futures Markets: Cocoa, Ethereum, E-mini Russell 2000 Index, Silver, and Japanese Yen
*expect extension of current trend
ALL COMMENTARY IS CONSIDERED OPINION & VIEWS FROM THE AUTHOR AND NOT A SOLICITATION OF ANY SECURITIES. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY INTERESTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Schad Commodity Weekly Report: An Insider’s View of the Next Big Market Move · March 13th, 2026
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, we’ll update our personal weekly commodity trading charts and review them for changes in “net long” or, “net short” holdings between the big commercial commodity traders, large speculators, and the usually uninformed public. This is our professional analysis of “the bigger picture” and current dynamics for each market which provide a spyglass view of the BIG commercial traders and what they are currently doing to influence the crypto and futures markets.
As you may already know, insider trading with stocks on Wall Street is very illegal. However, in the commodity & crypto trading industry, large/commercial traders MUST report their positions EACH WEEK to the CFTC regulatory body, hence, we monitor them on a weekly basis. Although the crypto & futures markets themselves will ultimately provide the most accurate illustration of trend, these (weekly) charts we’ve identified, serve to forewarn us of the next possible bigger move.
Here are the commodity & crypto markets which illustrate their forthcoming changing picture…the ones to be watching more closely to consider taking a position in next week. The trends really do start, end, or continue here:
UP Trending Futures Markets: Light Sweet Crude Oil NY, Cotton #2*, Gold*, Hard-Red Winter Wheat, Silver*, Soy Oil, Soybeans and Soft-Red Winter Wheat
DOWN Trending Futures Markets: Cocoa, Ethereum, Coffee, British Pound, and Japanese Yen
*expect extension of current trend
ALL COMMENTARY IS CONSIDERED OPINION & VIEWS FROM THE AUTHOR AND NOT A SOLICITATION OF ANY SECURITIES. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY INTERESTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Schad Commodity Weekly Report: An Insider’s View of the Next Big Market Move · March 6th, 2026
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, we’ll update our personal weekly commodity trading charts and review them for changes in “net long” or, “net short” holdings between the big commercial commodity traders, large speculators, and the usually uninformed public. This is our professional analysis of “the bigger picture” and current dynamics for each market which provide a spyglass view of the BIG commercial traders and what they are currently doing to influence the crypto and futures markets.
As you may already know, insider trading with stocks on Wall Street is very illegal. However, in the commodity & crypto trading industry, large/commercial traders MUST report their positions EACH WEEK to the CFTC regulatory body, hence, we monitor them on a weekly basis. Although the crypto & futures markets themselves will ultimately provide the most accurate illustration of trend, these (weekly) charts we’ve identified, serve to forewarn us of the next possible bigger move.
Here are the commodity & crypto markets which illustrate their forthcoming changing picture…the ones to be watching more closely to consider taking a position in next week. The trends really do start, end, or continue here:
UP Trending Futures Markets: Light Sweet Crude Oil NY, Gold*, Hard-Red Winter Wheat, RBOB Gasoline NY, Silver*, Soy Oil, Soybeans and Soft-Red Winter Wheat
DOWN Trending Futures Markets: Cocoa, Cotton #2*, Ethereum, Coffee, and British Pound
*expect extension of current trend
ALL COMMENTARY IS CONSIDERED OPINION & VIEWS FROM THE AUTHOR AND NOT A SOLICITATION OF ANY SECURITIES. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY INTERESTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.
Schad Commodity Weekly Report: An Insider’s View of the Next Big Market Move · February 27th, 2026
Once each week, usually on Friday evenings, we’ll update our personal weekly commodity trading charts and review them for changes in “net long” or, “net short” holdings between the big commercial commodity traders, large speculators, and the usually uninformed public. This is our professional analysis of “the bigger picture” and current dynamics for each market which provide a spyglass view of the BIG commercial traders and what they are currently doing to influence the crypto and futures markets.
As you may already know, insider trading with stocks on Wall Street is very illegal. However, in the commodity & crypto trading industry, large/commercial traders MUST report their positions EACH WEEK to the CFTC regulatory body, hence, we monitor them on a weekly basis. Although the crypto & futures markets themselves will ultimately provide the most accurate illustration of trend, these (weekly) charts we’ve identified, serve to forewarn us of the next possible bigger move.
Here are the commodity & crypto markets which illustrate their forthcoming changing picture…the ones to be watching more closely to consider taking a position in next week. The trends really do start, end, or continue here:
UP Trending Futures Markets: Light Sweet Crude Oil NY, Gold*, Hard-Red Winter Wheat, RBOB Gasoline NY, Silver*, Soy Oil and Soft-red Winter Wheat
DOWN Trending Futures Markets: Cocoa, Cotton #2, Ethereum, Coffee, Natural Gas NY, and Sugar #11
*expect extension of current trend
ALL COMMENTARY IS CONSIDERED OPINION & VIEWS FROM THE AUTHOR AND NOT A SOLICITATION OF ANY SECURITIES. THE RISK OF LOSS IN TRADING COMMODITY INTERESTS CAN BE SUBSTANTIAL. YOU SHOULD THEREFORE CONSIDER WHETHER SUCH TRADING IS SUITABLE FOR YOU IN LIGHT OF YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION.

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