Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of February 28th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (3rd March) and cover positions up to Tuesday (28th 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 for a second consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 40,035 contracts to +163.8K contracts.         

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Traders reduced long positions for a fourth consecutive week. The net longs decreased by 4,796 contracts to +38K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for a ninth consecutive week and by 7,406 contracts to +95.4K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions last week and by 31,353 contracts, which brought the net positions to +525.3K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Shorts got increased for a second consecutive week and by 8,995 contracts last week that brought the net position to -54.85K contracts.