Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of August 15th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (18th August) and cover positions up to Tuesday (15th August). 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

Long positions increased for the fourth consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 38,897 contracts to +187.7K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for a fifth consecutive week. The net longs increased by 3,693 contracts to +36.8K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the fourth consecutive week and by 3,105 contracts to +33.9K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the second consecutive week and by 17,156 contracts, which brought the net positions to +463.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions, last week decreased for the first time in six weeks and by 39,633 contracts that pushed the net position to -33.3K contracts.

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