COT (Legacy): Commercial Traders — Indicator by Greeny

quandl cot sentimentstudies commitmentoftraders

Number of commercial traders from legacy commitment of traders (COT) report. For the main symbol but also allows to override it. Also allows to include options in consideration.

Open-source script

In true TradingView spirit, the author of this script has published it open-source, so traders can understand and verify it. Cheers to the author! You may use it for free, but reuse of this code in a publication is governed by House Rules. You can favorite it to use it on a chart.

Disclaimer

The information and publications are not meant to be, and do not constitute, financial, investment, trading, or other types of advice or recommendations supplied or endorsed by TradingView. Read more in the Terms of Use.

Want to use this script on a chart?

study("Commercial Traders", shorttitle="Com Trd", precision=0)
force_root = input("", title="Override Product")
is_includeoptions = input(false, type=bool, title="Include Options")

fxroot =
	  ticker == "USDCAD" ? "CD" : 
	  ticker == "USDCAD" ? "CD" : 
	  ticker == "USDCHF" ? "SF" : 
	  ticker == "USDCZK" ? "CZ" : 
	  ticker == "USDHUF" ? "FR" : 
	  ticker == "USDILS" ? "IS" : 
	  ticker == "USDJPY" ? "JY" : 
	  ticker == "USDMXN" ? "MP" : 
	  ticker == "USDNOK" ? "UN" : 
	  ticker == "USDPLN" ? "PZ" : 
	  ticker == "USDRUB" ? "RU" : 
	  ticker == "USDSEK" ? "SE" : 
	  ticker == "USDZAR" ? "RA" : 
	  ticker == "EURUSD" ? "EC" : 
	  ticker == "AUDUSD" ? "AD" : 
	  ticker == "GBPUSD" ? "BP" : 
	  ticker == "NZDUSD" ? "NE" : 
	  ticker == "BRLUSD" ? "BR" : 
	  ""
root = force_root == "" ? fxroot == "" ? syminfo.root : fxroot : force_root
code = root + (is_includeoptions ? "_FO" : "_F") + "_L_ALL_NT"

is_inversed = 
	  ticker == "USDCAD" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDCAD" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDCHF" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDCZK" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDHUF" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDILS" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDJPY" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDMXN" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDNOK" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDPLN" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDRUB" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDSEK" ? true : 
	  ticker == "USDZAR" ? true : 
	  false

long_total = security("QUANDL:CFTC/"+code+"|4", "D", close)
short_total = security("QUANDL:CFTC/"+code+"|5", "D", close)

long = is_inversed ? short_total : long_total
short = is_inversed ? long_total : short_total

plot(long, color = green, title="Long")
plot(short, color = red, title="Short")
plot(long-short, color = yellow, title="Net", style=histogram)
hline(0, color=yellow, linestyle=dashed)