COT Data · Official CFTC reports · Simplified

Know which side the big money is sitting on.
Before you take the trade.

The Commitments of Traders report tells you exactly where institutional positioning sits on every major currency. Orion COT distils the official CFTC data into a clean percentage on your TradingView chart — so you stop guessing the bias and start confirming it.

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What is COT

The data hedge funds and banks have used for decades. Now in plain English on your chart.

The Commitments of Traders (COT) report is published weekly by the CFTC. It shows the aggregated positions of the largest commercial and non-commercial traders in every major futures market — Forex, indices, commodities. It is, quite literally, where the real money is positioned.

The problem: the raw report is a wall of numbers. Most retail traders never look at it. The ones that do spend half an hour parsing it before they can trade.

Orion COT does the parsing. The output is one number per currency, on your chart, showing what percentage of the institutional positioning is bullish vs bearish. If GBP is sitting at 78% long, you know which way the giants are leaning before you even draw a level.

Why this is the cheapest edge you'll add this year.

01

Bias confirmation in one glance

No more 'I think the dollar is bullish but I'm not sure why.' One number. Above 60%, the institutional positioning is meaningfully one-sided. You either trade with it or know exactly when you're fading the consensus.

02

The macro filter your strategy was missing

Strategies that work great on a bullish currency fail on a bearish one, and vice versa. COT bias tells you, at a macro level, whether the wind is at your back this week. Filter accordingly.

03

Designed for traders, not analysts

We didn't add Open Interest, net change, change-of-change, commercial-vs-spec. The official report does all that. The on-chart display gives you one usable number. Less is more.

Pairs with literally any system.

COT is a context layer, not a signal. It tells you which side the wind is blowing — your entry model still does the work.

Higher-timeframe bias
Before drawing a single level on the daily or weekly chart, check the COT. 70%+ long? You're hunting longs. 70%+ short? You're hunting shorts. 45–55? Wait for clarity or trade reversion only.
SMC / ICT directional bias
Your weekly POI says short. COT says 80% long. That's not a confluence trade — that's a setup that needs more confirmation. Conversely, weekly POI agrees with COT? Now you're trading with the desks, not against them.
Newer traders
You don't know whether the pound is structurally weak or strong this month? Look at the COT bar. The work is already done. Use it as a training wheel until you can read the bias yourself from price.
Experienced traders
You already see the bias. COT becomes the sanity-check before you size up. If your read and the institutional positioning agree, that's when you take a 2R risk instead of 1R.

Common questions.

How often does the data update?

Weekly — every Friday after the CFTC publishes the report. The display refreshes automatically the moment the new data is out. You don't need to do anything.

Which currencies are covered?

Every major plus several minors — USD, EUR, GBP, JPY, AUD, NZD, CAD, CHF and more. Pull up any pair on TradingView and the display shows the underlying single-currency bias for both sides of the cross.

Is this a signal indicator?

No — and that's deliberate. COT is a bias layer. It tells you which side the big money is leaning, not when to click buy. Use it before drawing levels and before sizing positions. Your entry model still does the entry work.

Subscription or lifetime?

Subscription is £3.99 first month, then £9.99/mo. Lifetime is £79 — under 8 months of subscription paid in one go, then yours forever including every future update.

Stop trading blind to where the desks are positioned.

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