We make up a weekly medium-term trade list based on CFTC reports and technical analysis. The overview provides a description of the technical condition of the market on the most popular financial instruments, as well as information on the large speculators’ actions according to the last COT reports and the previous period. If you want to use CFTC reports in your trading practice, you should understand that for an objective assessment of the situation it’s not enough to know the data of the last report. The dynamic is more important, in other words, comparing the statistics of large speculators’ actions in the current period with the previous one, so we mention both values. E-Mini S&P500 (ESH18) The market remains in the bear trend and the correction wave develops. A pullback selling opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. Short positions will remain relevant until the market is below the nearest resistance level on the Daily timeframe, the highs of February 26 – 27. COT indicator reversed. CFTC reports indicate that large speculators began to buy and the professionals’ opinion doesn’t correspond to the technical picture and it makes sense to reduce the position size when an entry point appears in the trend direction. E-Mini S&P500 (ESH18). Technical analysis and COT net position indicator. WTI Crude Oil (CLK18) The medium-term trend remains upward. The correction came to an end last week and the pullback buying opportunity was formed. Long positions will remain relevant until the market is above the nearest support level on the Daily timeframe, the lows of March 8 – 9. COT net position indicator decreases. Large speculators are selling oil. Professionals’ opinion doesn’t correspond to the Daily trend direction. WTI Crude Oil (CLK18). Technical analysis and COT net position indicator. Canadian Dollar (USDCAD) USDCAD medium-term trend remains upward and the correction wave develops. A pullback buying opportunity will appear after the correction completion on the Daily timeframe. Long positions will remain relevant until the market is above the nearest support level on the Daily timeframe, the lows of February 23 – 27. COT indicator decreases. CFTC reports indicate that large speculators go on selling the Canadian dollar and hedgers are buying and the professionals’ opinion corresponds to the market technical picture. CADUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator. Russian rouble (USDRUB) USDRUB currency pair remains in the medium-term bear trend. The correction came to an end last week and the pullback selling opportunity was formed. Short positions will remain relevant until the market is below the nearest resistance level on the Daily timeframe, the highs of March 7 – 9. COT indicator reversed and large speculators began to buy rouble and the professionals’ opinion corresponds to the Daily trend direction. RUBUSD. Technical analysis and COT net position indicator.