CoT - another lurch in a bad direction

Gold bugs say bad for evil short coverers. History says bad for gold bugs. Hot off the presses at GoldSeek.

Gold COT Report - Futures
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
263,329	27,682	48,532	81,382	366,043	393,243	442,257
Change from Prior Reporting Period
11,621	650	150	-3,460	10,404	8,311	11,204
Traders
205	62	55	39	53	265	152
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	74,649	25,635	467,892
	7,868	4,975	16,179
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Gold Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Gold COT Report - Futures & Options Combined
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
273,953	18,770	129,186	133,066	439,376	536,204	587,332
Change from Prior Reporting Period
11,949	-1,247	3,285	-3,889	12,209	11,345	14,247
Traders
237	67	126	45	59	317	220
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	85,890	34,762	622,094
	8,185	5,283	19,530
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Gold Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Silver COT Report - Futures
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
54,995	8,526	17,206	24,923	86,849	97,124	112,581
6,310	743	609	-1,252	4,273	5,667	5,625
Traders
88	34	29	34	36	139	83
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	26,749	11,292	123,873
	1,785	1,827	7,452
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Silver COT Report - Futures & Options Combined
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
55,646	5,178	45,324	32,097	98,990	133,066	149,491
6,742	371	2,699	-785	5,313	8,657	8,384
Traders
97	35	48	35	40	153	103
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	31,331	14,906	164,397
	2,039	2,311	10,695
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, September 15, 2009

US Dollar Index COT Report - Futures
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
10,435	19,557	3,002	18,862	7,443	32,299	30,002
593	3,088	817	-4,688	-7,072	-3,278	-3,167
Traders
12	46	3	10	12	25	59
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	2,100	4,397	34,399
	-476	-587	-3,754
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, September 15, 2009

US Dollar Index COT Report - Futures & Options Combined
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
10,350	19,641	3,324	19,302	7,576	32,976	30,540
608	3,136	789	-4,623	-7,060	-3,225	-3,135
Traders
18	49	6	11	14	32	66
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	2,343	4,778	35,319
	-450	-541	-3,676
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period