Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of August 8th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (11th August) and cover positions up to Tuesday (8th 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 third consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 19,165 contracts to +148.8K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for fourth consecutive week. The net longs increased by 1,921 contracts to +33.1K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the third time in nine weeks and by 3,105 contracts to +33.9K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the first time in six weeks and by 6,136 contracts, which brought the net positions to +480.6K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions, last week increased for the fifth consecutive week and by 14,729 contracts that pushed the net position to -72.9K contracts.

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