Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of August 29th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (1st September) and cover positions up to Tuesday (29th 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 sixth consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 22,609 contracts to +231K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for a seventh consecutive week. The net longs increased by 2,806 contracts to +43.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the sixth consecutive week and by 9,099 contracts to +53.6K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the fourth consecutive week and by 79,583 contracts, which brought the net positions to +365.9K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions increased for a second consecutive week and by 1,092 contracts that pushed the net position to -43.3K contracts.

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