Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of February 6th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (9th February) and cover positions up to Tuesday (6th 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 second consecutive week. The net long position decreased by 16,385 contracts to +190.9K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined last week. The net longs decreased by 884 contracts to +52.9K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined last week. Last week, speculators reduced long positions by 15,882 contracts to +16.5K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for a fifth straight week and by 4,539 contracts, which brought the net positions to +739.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions rose last week and by 35,342 contracts that pushed the net position to -53.5K contracts.

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