Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 12th, 2016

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (15th July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (July 12th). 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

Due to risk affinity environment, gold suffered a big drop in net long position. The net long position declined by 18,500 contracts to +297.5K contracts.

• Copper – Net position short and decreasing

Copper net short position saw a relatively large decrease. Net short position decreased by 5,239 contracts to -14.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

The net-long position in silver rose by 1,898 contracts to +87.6K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Crude oil saw a sizable decrease in net long positions by 4,877 contracts to +294.8K contracts.    

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Natural gas registered an increase in net short position by 3,576 contracts to -138.9K contracts.