Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of January 30th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (2nd February) and cover positions up to Tuesday (30th 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 decreasing

Long positions declined for the first time in seven weeks.  The net long position decreased by 7,422 contracts to +207.3K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose last week. The net longs increased by 1,804 contracts to +53.8K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose last week. Last week, speculators increased long positions by 3,341 contracts to +32.4K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for a fourth straight week and by 17,863 contracts, which brought the net positions to +734.6K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for a fifth consecutive week and by 15,308 contracts that pushed the net position to -18.2K contracts.

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