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The Commitment of Traders report as a trading signal? Short-term price reversals and market efficiency in the US-futures market

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  • Simon Dreesmann
  • Tim Alexander Herberger
  • Michel Charifzadeh

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The Commitment of Traders report (CoT) has been around for over 30 years, consistently revealing the futures positions of key market players. This study's primary aim is to use the comprehensive data from the Commitment of Traders reports to develop a short-term reversal trading strategy. Against the benchmark, a S%P 500 buy-and-hold approach with a Sharpe ratio of 1.07, the CoT long only strategy generated significant results in six individual markets. Extending the strategy to long-and-short, two markets outperformed the benchmark significantly. However, a scenario analysis indicated underperformance of the CoT strategy when traded in a portfolio, confirming that the chosen strategy parameters could not generate excess Sharpe ratios. Our results indicate that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, more specifically the CoT report, contributed to efficient derivatives market.

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  • Simon Dreesmann & Tim Alexander Herberger & Michel Charifzadeh, 2023. "The Commitment of Traders report as a trading signal? Short-term price reversals and market efficiency in the US-futures market," International Journal of Financial Markets and Derivatives, Inderscience Enterprises Ltd, vol. 9(1/2), pages 76-113.
    • Handle: RePEc:ids:ijfmkd:v:9:y:2023:i:1/2:p:76-113
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