CME Institutional Flow Analysis (OI/CHGE) – Full Week Overview
This week showed some clear moves across CME sectors. Most assets saw steady accumulation, but the last report of the week brought heavy outflows in a couple of key areas. Here are the numbers so it’s easier to see what actually happened.
1. Weekly accumulation + Friday’s moves
Equity
- Weekly accumulation: +1.43M contracts
- Friday: –176k
- Still the strongest sector of the week despite the final outflow.
FX
- Weekly accumulation: +180k
- Friday: +10k
- Stable flow, nothing unusual.
Metals
- Weekly accumulation: +140k
- Friday: +4k
- Small but consistent inflows.
Energy
- Weekly accumulation: +150k
- Friday: +132k
- Even with the mid‑week flush, the sector closed the week positive.
Crypto
- Accumulation before Friday: +380k
- Friday: –1.30M
- The entire week’s buildup was wiped out in one session.
Interest Rates / Bonds
- Accumulation before Friday: +2.3M
- Friday: –3.39M
- Biggest outflow of the week, completely reversing the earlier gains.
2. General read of the week
- Equity was the strongest sector in net inflows.
- FX and Metals stayed stable with small, steady entries.
- Energy had a sharp flush mid‑week but recovered afterward.
- Crypto built up for several days but got hit with a large liquidation on Friday.
- Bonds had strong inflows early in the week, but Friday’s outflow erased everything.
3. Simple conclusion
Most of the week leaned toward inflows, but Friday shifted the tone in two major sectors: Bonds and Crypto.
Equity remains the strongest in terms of consistent buying.
FX and Metals held steady.
Energy bounced back after the flush.