Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of February 27th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (2nd March) and cover positions up to Tuesday (27th 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 decreasing

Long positions declined for the fourth time in five weeks. The net long positions got decreased by 12,204 contracts to +178.7K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the third time in four weeks. The net longs decreased by 5,990 contracts to +41.4K contracts.

• Silver – Net position shifted from long to short

The short positions rose in such a fashion the net position turned short from long. Last week, speculators reduced long positions by 6,828 contracts to -1.5K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the first time in three weeks and by 14,738 contracts, which brought the net positions to +704.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for a fourth consecutive week and by 8,960 contracts that pushed the net position to -130.9K contracts.

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