Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of December 26th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (29th December) and cover positions up to Tuesday (26th December). 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 rose for a second consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 22,153 contracts to +135.9K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for a second straight week. The net longs increased by 10,571 contracts to +53.3K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose last week. Last week, speculators increased long positions by 2,179 contracts to +4.6K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions last week and by 30,322 contracts, which brought the net positions to +632.2K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose last week and by 459 contracts that pushed the net position to -170K contracts.

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