Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of January 23rd 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (26th January) and cover positions up to Tuesday (23rd 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 sixth consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 2,973 contracts to +214.7K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a second straight week. The net longs decreased by 9,131 contracts to +52K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a second straight week. Last week, speculators reduced long positions by 8,131 contracts to +29.1K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for a third straight week and by 8,908 contracts, which brought the net positions to +716.7K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for a fourth consecutive week and by 354,479 contracts that pushed the net position to -33.5K contracts.

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