Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of February 20th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (23rd February) and cover positions up to Tuesday (20th February). 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 the first time in four weeks. The net long positions got increased by 15,316 contracts to +190.9K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for the first time in three weeks. The net longs increased by 2.553 contracts to +47.3K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a third consecutive week. Last week, speculators reduced long positions by 3,391 contracts to +5.3K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the second consecutive week and by 22,895 contracts, which brought the net positions to +689.4K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for a third consecutive week and by 20,503 contracts that pushed the net position to -121.9K contracts.

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