Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of August 23rd, 2016

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (26th August) and cover positions up to Tuesday (23rd 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

 After two weeks of consecutive decrease, the net-longs in gold increased last week. The net long position rose by 10,758 contracts to +294.6K contracts.               

• Copper – Net position short and increasing

Net short positions increased only marginally last week.  The net-shorts increased by 1,592 contracts to -6.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The net-long position in silver got reduced by 1,786 contracts to +83.2K contracts. Net-longs saw a fourth consecutive decrease.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Crude oil saw a very big rise in net long positions by 46,244 contracts to +353.7K contracts. In last two weeks, net longs rose by more than 95K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Natural gas net-shorts decreased sharply last week. Net-short positions declined sharply by 16,099 contracts to -118.7K contracts.