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The COT can be found in spreadsheet form at the CFTC website:
http://www.cftc.gov/cftc/dea/cot.html
I'm working halfhazardly at writing an .exe program to import this data into
TS. Stay tuned, but don't hold your breath.
Dave
At 02:59 PM 4/6/98 -0400, you wrote:
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>> Has anyone taken the free data at Bullish Review and used it to generate
>> charts/indicators in S.C.4.0?
>> I would appreciate any hints or tips on setting up the weekly chart and
>> indicaters.
>> I'm shooting for something similar to B.R.'S setup.
>> COT net
>> COT index
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>I didn't kow that that data was availiable for the public. Thank you for
>pointing that out.
>Anyway, from an old article from Technical Analysis of Stocks and
>Commodites, the
>COT index is defined by Briese as follows:
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>COT= (Current net position-minimum net position)/(Maximum net
>position-minimum net position)
>
>By Net poisition, he means: Commercial Open Interest-(Large and Small
> Speculators)
>
>By minimum net, he means the lowest it gets for the time frame your looking
>at.
>By maximum net, he means the maximum it gets for the time frame involved.
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