Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of August 21st 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (24th August) and cover positions up to Tuesday (21st 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 short and increasing

Short positions rose for the second consecutive week. The net short positions got increased by 5,022 contracts to -8.7K contracts. 

• Copper – Position shifted from long to short

The net short positions rose in such a fashion that net positions shifted from long to short. The net position declined by 4,787 contracts to -1.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and increasing

The short positions rose for the second consecutive week and by 4,322 contracts to -7.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the eighth time in nine weeks, and by 34,643 contracts, which brought the net positions to +538.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for the fourth consecutive week and by 14,548 contracts last week to -61.7K contracts.