Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of April 23rd 2019

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (26th April) and cover positions up to Tuesday (23rd April). The 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 the nearest decimal.

• Gold – Net position long and decreasing

The net long positions declined by 18,878 contracts that pushed the net potion to +37.4K contracts.        

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

The net long positions declined by 3,186 contracts that pushed the net potion to +2.1K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The net long positions declined by 5,995 contracts that pushed the net positions to -0.1K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions by 32,101 contracts, which brought the net positions to +547.4K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose by 4,955 contracts that pushed the net potion to -55.1K contracts.