Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of August 1st 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (4th August) and cover positions up to Tuesday (1st 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 second consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 38,841 contracts to +129.7K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for third consecutive week. The net longs increased by 6,958 contracts to +31.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the second time in eight weeks and by 11,342 contracts to +30.8K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the fifth consecutive week and by 63,427 contracts, which brought the net positions to +486.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions, last week increased for the fourth consecutive week and by 15,617 contracts that pushed the net position to -58.2K contracts.

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