The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission is working to increase the
frequency of the market-tracked Commitments of Traders (COT) report to twice
weekly by year-end. The COT, currently released on Fridays, breaks down
positions between hedge funds/asset managers and commercial participants and is
used by producers for hedging and by speculators to monitor position shifts and
concentration. CFTC chairman Michael Selig said the change responds to demand
from the agricultural sector at an agriculture futures conference in Kansas last
week.
