Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of August 28th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (31st August) and cover positions up to Tuesday (28th 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 third consecutive week. The net short positions got increased by 9,440 contracts to -16.6K contracts.           

• Copper – Position shifted from short to long

The net long positions rose in such a fashion that net positions shifted from short to long, just after a week after flipping in other direction. The net position rose by 1,990 contracts to +0.3K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and increasing

The short positions rose for the third consecutive week and by 9,440 contracts to -16.6K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the second time in ten weeks, and by 11,528 contracts, which brought the net positions to +550.3K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for the first time in five weeks and by 4,604 contracts last week to -66.3K contracts.