商品期货交易委员会（CFTC）正在努力，计划在年底前将其备受关注的《交易商持仓报告》（COT报告）发布频率提高至每周两次。
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission is working toward publishing its widely followed Commitments of Traders report twice a week by the end of the year.
该报告目前每周五发布一次，为商品交易者提供了关于谁在买卖的详细视角，区分了对冲基金和其他资金管理者与商业参与者。生产商依赖所谓的COT报告来帮助做出套期保值决策，而投机交易者则通过审查数据来了解持仓变化，并寻找押注是否过度拥挤的迹象。
The report, currently released every Friday, gives commodity traders a granular view on who is buying and selling, distinguishing hedge funds and other money managers from commercial participants. Producers rely on the so-called COT report to help inform hedging decisions, while speculative traders review the data for shifts in positioning and signs bets have become overstretched.
主席迈克尔·塞利格上周在堪萨斯州举行的农产品期货大会上表示，推动每周发布两次的举措源于农业界的需求。
The push for twice-weekly publication was spurred by demand from the agricultural community, Chairman Michael Selig said last week at the Agricultural Commodity Futures Conference in Kansas.
他说：“我们听到农业界表示这会更有用，所以我们听取了意见。这就是为什么我们正在内部努力，计划在年底前将COT报告发布频率提高至每周两次，让市场参与者能更及时地获取这些市场上交易持仓和活动的信息。”
“We heard from the ag community that it can be more useful, so we listened,” he said. “That’s why we are working internally to publish the COT report twice a week by the end of the year, giving market participants access to more timely information about trading positions and activity in these markets.”