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Weekly CFTC 📊 Report - Aug 24th - #Gold Analysis

📊 CFTC Report Breakdown


This week we took a deep dive into the latest CFTC data 🕵️‍♂️.

Here’s what we covered:


🔸 What the institutions 🏦 are doing with their positions

🔸 A full summary of the major markets 🌍

🔸 Where we expect price to move next 📈📉

🔸 Key levels to watch for institutional buying & selling 🎯

🔸 Detailed chart observations so the logic is clear ✅


Everything is laid out with precision - not just numbers, but the why behind the moves.


Stay ahead of the markets by thinking like the institutions 👊


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🏦 Gold, $EURUSD, and Institutional Positioning – Weekly Breakdown

This past week gave us plenty of insight into how the institutions are positioning themselves and what that means for gold and the euro US dollar ($EURUSD). Let’s break it down 👇


📉 Weekly Positioning Shifts

On the weekly timeframe, we saw price drop slightly. As this happened:

🔸 Long positions decreased from 288K → 275K (profit-taking in action).

🔸 Short positions increased for the 2nd week in a row, rising from 58K → 62K, now above the 13-period average.


This tells us that institutions are scaling back longs while beginning to build shorts – a critical shift to note.


💵 Impact of Rate Cut Speculation

Recent news hinted at a possible September rate cut, which was bearish for the US dollar. The market reaction was quick:📈 $EURUSD rallied strongly📈 Gold shot higher

But while price surged, the structure told us another story.


🧐 Weakness in Gold’s Rally

On July 4th, we did a deep dive on gold and highlighted something important:

🔸 Price was unable to break and close above previous highs

🔸 This shows weakness in demand, meaning buyers are not stepping in with strength


Later, gold rallied back into a 4H supply zone where we received our sell signal. This set up a beautiful 3:1 short trade for our Risk to Riches Challenge ✅


📊 Key Technical Observation – RSI

One fascinating pattern we continue to observe:Every time the RSI hits ~80 on the weekly chart, banks begin taking profits on long positions.

This correlation is powerful because it shows us how institutions use overbought conditions to exit, not chase, positions.


🔑 Summary

✔️ Longs reduced due to profit-taking

✔️ Shorts climbing above the 13-period average

✔️ $EURUSD and gold spiked on rate cut news, but structure shows weakness

✔️ Our sell from 4H supply gave us a 3:1 winner in the challenge

✔️ RSI continues to reveal where banks scale out of longs


The markets are giving us clear signals if you know where to look. Keep tracking the data, the zones, and the logic – that’s how we stay aligned with the institutions 🏦

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