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With offices in North America, Europe, Australia, and Asia, Wiley is globally committed to developing and marketing print and electronic products and services for our customers’ professional and personal knowledge and understanding.  \nThe Wiley Trading series features books by traders who have survived the market’s ever changing temperament and have prospered—some by reinventing systems, others by getting back to basics. Whether a novice trader, professional, or somewhere in-between, these books will provide the advice and strategies needed to prosper today and well into the future. For a list of available titles, [visit our web site at www.WileyFinance.com](visit our web site at www.WileyFinance.com).  \nTrade Stocksand  \nCommodities with the Insiders  \nSecrets of the COT Report  \nLARRY WILLIAMS  \nJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc.  \nCopyright © 2005 by Larry Williams. All rights reserved.  \nPublished by John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.  \nPublished simultaneously in Canada.  \nNo part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the Publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc.,  \n222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923,(978) 750-8400, fax (978) 646-8600, or on the web [at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the](at www.copyright.com. Requests to the Publisher for permission should be addressed to the)[ ](at www.copyright.com. 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For more information about Wiley products, [visit our web site at www.wiley.com](visit our web site at www.wiley.com).  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:  \nWilliams, Larry R.  \nTrade stocks & commodities with the insiders : secrets ofthe COT report / Larry Williams.  \n[p. cm](p. cm).—(Wiley trading series)  \nIncludes index.  \nISBN-13: 978-0-471-74125-1 (cloth)  \nISBN-10: 0-471-74125-6 (cloth)  \n1. Stocks. 2. Commodity futures. 3. Speculation. I. Title: Trade stocks and commodities with the insiders. II. Title. III. Series.  \nHG6041.W497 2005  \n332.64—dc22  \n2005007674  \nPrinted in the United States of Am","cbCaioWVK4xKJ5Bk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaioWVK4xKJ5Bk","pdf",13121059,224,"English","# Contents\n## Introduction\n## CHAPTER 1 Meet Your New Investment Partner and Adviser\n## CHAPTER 2 Watching the Commercials\n## CHAPTER 3 Understanding the Commercials: A Record of Their Buying and Selling\n## CHAPTER 4 The COT Index\n## CHAPTER 5 For Every Insider There Is an Outsider\n## CHAPTER 6 Large Traders . . . Not Quite As Good As You Think\n## CHAPTER 7 The Facts on Volume\n## CHAPTER 8 The Breakthrough: Getting Inside Volume and Open Interest\n## CHAPTER 9 Opening Up on Open Interest\n## CHAPTER 10 A Unified Theory of COT Data\n## CHAPTER 11 A New Twist on the Commercials: Using Them for Stocks\n## CHAPTER 12 Pointers and Thoughts on Trading\n## CHAPTER 13 The One-Minute Commodity Trader\n## CHAPTER 14 Charts: What They Are, What They Mean\n## CHAPTER 15 Putting Theory to Work: Practicing What I Preach\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the COT report and why is it important for trading?\",\"answer\":\"The COT report tracks commitments of traders and helps interpret who is buying and selling. 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