Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of August 22nd 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (25th August) and cover positions up to Tuesday (22nd 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 fifth consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 20,704 contracts to +208.4K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for a sixth consecutive week. The net longs increased by 4,017 contracts to +40.8K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the fifth consecutive week and by 5,695 contracts to +44.5K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the third consecutive week and by 18,025 contracts, which brought the net positions to +445.4K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions increased last week and by 8,937 contracts that pushed the net position to -42.2K contracts.

FxWirePro launches Absolute Return Managed Program. For more details, visit http://www.fxwirepro.com/invest