pycot

pycot is a easy to use python library for interacting with the CFTC Commitment of Traders reports.

Installation

pip install pycot-reports

Requirements

• pandas
• requests

How to use

from pycot.reports import CommitmentOfTraders

cot = CommitmentOfTraders("legacy_fut")
df = cot.report(("FED FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE", "30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE"))

How do I get cached results?

If you want to retrieve data from the same report multiple times, you can use the report function. This will cache the results of the previous function call.

Lets have a look at an example:

from pycot.reports import CommitmentOfTraders

cot = CommitmentOfTraders("legacy_fut")

# will load the full report (~ 10-20 seconds)
fed_funds_df = cot.report(("FED FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE", "30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE"))

# cached, will load instantly
bbg_df = cot.report(("BBG COMMODITY - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE", "BLOOMBERG COMMODITY INDEX - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE"))

Report Types

Legacy Report (All Contracts)

from pycot.reports import CommitmentOfTraders

cot = CommitmentOfTraders("legacy_fut")
contract_names = ("FED FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE", "30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE")
df = cot.report(contract_names)

Output Example:

                                            Contract Name  Open Interest  ...  Net Change, Large Spec  Net % of OI, Large Spec
Date                                                                      ...                                                                                                                                  
2023-07-11             FED FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE      1440370.0  ...                -58101.0                    -11.5
2023-07-03             FED FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE      1414525.0  ...                -17553.0                     -7.5
2023-06-27             FED FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE      1746984.0  ...                 12437.0                     -5.1
2023-06-20             FED FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE      1693141.0  ...                 84512.0                     -6.0
2023-06-13             FED FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE      1556681.0  ...                 60704.0                    -12.0
...                                                   ...            ...  ...                     ...                      ...
1993-03-23  30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE        11298.0  ...                   106.0                      9.1
1993-03-16  30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE        11015.0  ...                    -8.0                      8.3
1993-03-09  30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE        10651.0  ...                   -51.0                      8.8
1993-03-02  30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE        10902.0  ...                  -190.0                      9.0
1993-02-23  30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE        12460.0  ...                   -83.0                      9.4
...

Disaggregated Report (Commodities)

from pycot.reports import CommitmentOfTraders

cot = CommitmentOfTraders("disaggregated_futopt")
contract_names = ("BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE", "BRENT CRUDE OIL LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE")
df = cot.report(contract_names)

Output Example:

                                                Contract Name  Open Interest   ...  Net Change Managed Money  Net % of OI Managed Money
Date                                                                           ...                                                                                                                            
2023-07-11      BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE       138358.0   ...                  -2134.0                        -2.9
2023-07-03      BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE       130715.0   ...                   9436.0                        -1.4
2023-06-27      BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE       153190.0   ...                  -6135.0                        -7.4
2023-06-20      BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE       148800.0   ...                   2367.0                        -3.5
2023-06-13      BRENT LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE       147598.0   ...                  -3872.0                        -5.1
...                                                       ...            ...                            ...                         ...
2011-04-12  BRENT CRUDE OIL LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE...        20546.0   ...                   -484.0                        17.1
2011-04-05  BRENT CRUDE OIL LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE...        19533.0   ...                    655.0                        20.4
2011-03-29  BRENT CRUDE OIL LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE...        18178.0   ...                   -276.0                        18.4
2011-03-15  BRENT CRUDE OIL LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE...        20233.0   ...                    231.0                        17.9
2011-03-08  BRENT CRUDE OIL LAST DAY - NEW YORK MERCANTILE...        19639.0   ...                      NaN                        17.3
...

Financial Report (Financial Instruments)

from pycot.reports import CommitmentOfTraders

cot = CommitmentOfTraders("traders_in_financial_futures_fut")
contract_names = ("UST 10Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE", "10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE", "10 YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE")
df = cot.report(contract_names)

Output Example:

                                                Contract Name  Open Interest   ...  Net Change Lev Money  Net % of OI Lev Money
Date                                                                           ...                                                                                        
2023-07-11              UST 10Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE      4800091.0   ...              155532.0                  -26.8
2023-07-03              UST 10Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE      4737762.0   ...                7710.0                  -30.4
2023-06-27              UST 10Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE      4663919.0   ...              -51457.0                  -31.1
2023-06-20              UST 10Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE      4641767.0   ...              -53136.0                  -30.2
2023-06-13              UST 10Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE      4619668.0   ...               69602.0                  -29.1
...                                                       ...            ...   ...                   ...                    ...
2006-07-11  10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF...      2112145.0   ...               28199.0                    1.8
2006-07-03  10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF...      2136459.0   ...              -18122.0                    0.5
2006-06-27  10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF...      2194364.0   ...               13929.0                    1.3
2006-06-20  10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF...      2097072.0   ...              -27203.0                    0.6
2006-06-13  10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF...      1912279.0   ...                   NaN                    2.2
...

List Available Contracts

from pycot.reports import CommitmentOfTraders

cot = CommitmentOfTraders("legacy_fut")
contracts: np.ndarray = cot.list_available_contracts()

Output Example:

array(['1-MONTH SOFR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE',
       '10 YEAR DELIVERABLE IR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE',
       '10 YEAR DELIVERABLE IR SWAP - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE',
       '10 YEAR ERIS SOFR SWAP - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE',
       '10 YEAR ERIS SWAP  - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE',
       '10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE',
        ...
       'UST 10Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE',
       'UST 2Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE',
       'UST 5Y NOTE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE',
       'UST BOND - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE',
       'VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE'], dtype=object)

Release Shedule

The CFTC releases the reports every Friday at 3:30pm Eastern Time.