Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of April 10th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (13th April) and cover positions up to Tuesday (10th April). COT report is not a complete presenter of entire market positions; however, it represents a good chunk of institutional traders, to have a feel of what expected by the big players.

Kindly note, in some cases, numbers are rounded to nearest decimal.

• Gold – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a second consecutive week. The net long positions got decreased by 11,217 contracts to +155.4K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for a second consecutive week. The net longs increased by 2,796 contracts to +23.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and decreasing

The short positions declined last week and by 2,132 contracts to -14.8K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions last week and by 7,535 contracts, which brought the net positions to +707.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose last week marginally and by 768 contracts that pushed the net position to -98.3K contracts.

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