Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of January 9th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (12th January) and cover positions up to Tuesday (9th 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 fourth consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 40,020 contracts to +203.3K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined last week. The net longs decreased by 1,628 contracts to +62.3K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for a second straight week. Last week, speculators increased long positions by 15,285 contracts to +38K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions last week and by 33,377 contracts, which brought the net positions to +657.6K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions declined for a second consecutive last week and by 4,489 contracts that pushed the net position to -136.7K contracts.

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