Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of February 21st 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (24th February) and cover positions up to Tuesday (21st 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

Speculators increased long positions after two weeks of covering.  The net long position increased by 14,011 contracts to +123.8K contracts.         

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Traders reduced long positions for a third consecutive week. The net longs decreased by 2,449 contracts to +42.8K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for the eighth consecutive week and by 3,205 contracts to +88K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for a second consecutive week and to a new record high by 48,151, which brought the net positions to +556.6K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Shorts got increased by 13,287 contracts last week that brought the net position to -45.9K contracts.