Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of January 16th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (19th January) and cover positions up to Tuesday (16th January). 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 a fifth consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 8,423 contracts to +211.7K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined last week. The net longs decreased by 1,118 contracts to +61.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined last week. Last week, speculators reduced long positions by 823 contracts to +37.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for a second straight week and by 50,197 contracts, which brought the net positions to +707.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for a third consecutive last week and by 67,735 contracts that pushed the net position to -69K contracts.

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