Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of April 30th 2019

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (3rd May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (30th 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 nearest decimal.

• Gold – Net position long and increasing

The net long positions rose by 28,824 contracts that pushed the net potion to +66.2K contracts.

• Copper – Net position shifted from long to short

The net long positions declined by 2,259 contracts that pushed the net potion to -0.13K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

The net long positions rose by 2,246 contracts that pushed the net positions to +2.1K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions by 23,256 contracts, which brought the net positions to +524.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose by 14,053 contracts that pushed the net potion to -69.1K contracts.