Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of August 7th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (10th August) and cover positions up to Tuesday (7th 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 decreasing

Long positions declined for the fourth consecutive week. The net long positions got decreased by 22,649 contracts to +12.7K contracts.            

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the second consecutive week. The net longs declined by 6,034 contracts to +2.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The long positions declined for the fifth time in six weeks and by 1,523 contracts to +4.3K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the sixth time and seven weeks, and by 4,473 contracts, which brought the net positions to +608.9K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for the second consecutive week and by 19,273 contracts last week to -107.1K contracts.