COT Net & Index — Minimal (Index + Alerts)

# COT Net & Index — Minimal (Index + Alerts)

- Data sourced from **CFTC Legacy reports** (Futures or Futures + Options).
- Supports multiple markets: **Gold, Silver, Crude Oil, Equity indices (S&P500, Nasdaq, Dow Jones, Russell 2000), currencies, commodities**, etc.
- **COT Index (0–100):** measures the current Net Position relative to historical extremes (default 156 weeks).
- **Index > 80** → extreme Long (Overbought).
- **Index < 20** → extreme Short (Oversold).
- Built-in alerts so you don’t miss key levels.

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## How to use the COT Net & COT Index indicator

1. **Define long-term bias (Weekly)**
- When **COT Index > 80**: Commercials are extremely net long → market is considered cheap → **bullish bias**.
- When **COT Index < 20**: Commercials are extremely net short → market is considered expensive → **bearish bias**.
- When Index is in the neutral zone (20–80) → bias is unclear, follow the existing weekly trend.

2. **Read Commercials’ intention**
- If Commercials increase longs while price hasn’t moved up yet → early signal of a potential rally.
- If Commercials increase shorts while price is still rising → warning signal that the uptrend may be ending.

3. **Combine with Price Action**
- **Weekly**: use COT to set the main directional bias (bullish or bearish).
- **Daily**: wait for price to reach **Supply/Demand zones** in the direction of the weekly bias for entries.

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👉 **In short:**
- **COT = defines the big-picture trend (Weekly bias)**
- **Price Action = provides the actual entry (Daily supply/demand zones)**