Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 11th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (14th July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (11th July). 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 decreased for the fifth consecutive week.  The net long position decreased by 33,539 contracts to +60.3K contracts.            

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased last week. The net longs decreased by 4,339 contracts to +12K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the fifth consecutive week and by 12,270 contracts to +14K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the second consecutive week and by 16,978 contracts, which brought the net positions to +358K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions, last week increased for the fifth time in six weeks and by 13,838 contracts that pushed the net position to -33.9K contracts.