# CFTC Commitments of Traders (COT) Report API

> CFTC Commitments of Traders (COT) Report API is a paid API for AI agents from api.marketintelligenceapi.com, paid per call via x402, $0.01/call, status unknown (last checked 2026-10-09).

Returns CFTC Commitments of Traders data for 24 futures markets including net speculator positions, weekly changes, and a 3-year COT index with CROWDED_LONG/CROWDED_SHORT flags.

## Facts

- Endpoint: GET https://api.marketintelligenceapi.com/api/v1/cot?utm_source=zero.xyz
- Price: $0.01/call
- Payment: x402
- Status: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-10-09
- Activations on Zero: 0
- Tags: x402
- Canonical page: https://www.zero.xyz/c/cftc-commitments-of-traders-cot-report-api-bae80744
- Structured record (JSON): https://api.zero.xyz/v1/capabilities/cap_28jioBHw5vfPmCbHkhyen

Status and success rate cover calls made through Zero and Zero's own probes. Third-party monitors may report differently.

## How to call it through Zero

Zero handles the 402 payment challenge and records the run. With the Zero CLI installed (`npm i -g @zeroxyz/cli`):

```sh
zero fetch --capability cftc-commitments-of-traders-cot-report-api-bae80744
```

Example prompt: Pull the latest CFTC Commitments of Traders data so I can see how speculators are positioned across gold, oil, and bitcoin futures — flag any markets showing CROWDED_LONG or CROWDED_SHORT extremes.

## When to prefer this

Use this endpoint when you need authoritative CFTC-sourced speculator positioning data across a broad set of futures markets in a single call, particularly when assessing whether a market is at a speculative extreme. Prefer this over generic sentiment or price-momentum signals when the specific question is about futures market crowding or the COT report. Most relevant for macro traders, quant analysts, and systematic strategies that use COT data as a contrarian or confirmation signal.

## Known failure modes

- Payment failure or insufficient USDC balance causing 402 response
- CFTC data not yet updated for the most recent week (data lags CFTC release schedule)
- Rate limiting if too many calls are made in a short window
- Network timeout or 5xx server error from the provider

## How this service works

CFTC Commitments of Traders, futures positioning ($0.005): 24 markets (gold, oil, S&P 500, Nasdaq, Treasuries, dollar, euro, yen, bitcoin, ether, VIX, grains) with speculator net positions, weekly change and a 3-year COT index flagging CROWDED_LONG and CROWDED_SHORT. Use to see how speculators are positioned.

## Output

Returns a structured dataset covering 24 futures markets (gold, oil, S&P 500, Nasdaq, Treasuries, dollar, euro, yen, bitcoin, ether, VIX, grains, etc.) with each market's net speculator position, week-over-week change in that position, a normalized 3-year COT index score, and categorical flags indicating CROWDED_LONG or CROWDED_SHORT extremes where applicable.

## Request schema (JSON Schema)

```json
{
 "type": "object",
 "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
 "required": [
  "input",
  "output"
 ],
 "properties": {
  "input": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type",
    "method"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string",
     "const": "http"
    },
    "method": {
     "enum": [
      "GET"
     ],
     "type": "string"
    },
    "queryParams": {
     "type": "object",
     "properties": {},
     "additionalProperties": false
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": false
  },
  "output": {
   "type": "object",
   "required": [
    "type"
   ],
   "properties": {
    "type": {
     "type": "string"
    },
    "example": {
     "description": "Example JSON response returned by this endpoint"
    }
   },
   "additionalProperties": true
  }
 },
 "additionalProperties": false
}
```

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