Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of April 24th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (27th April) and cover positions up to Tuesday (24th 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 last week. The net long positions got decreased by 26,423 contracts to +136.6K contracts.               

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for a fourth consecutive week. The net longs increased by 11,919 contracts to +42.6K contracts.

• Silver – Position shifted from short to long

The short positions declined in such a fashion and by 12,054 contracts that the net position turned long from short to +12K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions last week and by 15,708 contracts, which brought the net positions to +712.4 contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for a second straight week and by 6,930 contracts that pushed the net position to -96.2K contracts.

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