Palladium COT Report
Live CFTC Commitments of Traders positioning for Palladium futures — commercial hedgers versus managed money. Latest report: June 9, 2026.
Positioning signal
extreme_short
Large specs at extreme short position — contrarian bullish
Z-score (vs 3yr)
-1.92
3.8th percentile
Open interest
17,455
+1,171 WoW
Who's positioned where
Commercials (hedgers)
+2,236
net · 6,909 long / 4,673 short
Managed money (specs)
-2,964
net · 7,516 long / 10,480 short
Commercial net — last 6 months
What this means for Palladium
The CFTC's weekly Commitments of Traders report splits Palladium futures positions into commercials — producers and users hedging real exposure — and managed money, the speculators taking the other side. Commercials are net long here, while specs are net short. Research on hedging pressure finds that when commercial hedgers are unusually net-short, it has historically preceded positive returns — so the z-score (currently -1.92) matters more than the raw number.Palladium ultimately trades on gasoline auto-catalyst demand and Russian supply, and positioning is one input among those fundamentals.
Educational analysis, not investment advice. Positioning is descriptive and can stay extreme for long stretches.
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