Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 17th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (20th July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (17th 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 declined last week. The net long positions got decreased by 23,593 contracts to +57.8K contracts.               

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the fifth consecutive week. The net longs declined by 5,070 contracts to +9.1K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The long positions declined for a third consecutive week and by 14,817 contracts to +8.9K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a fourth consecutive week, and by 23,171 contracts, which brought the net positions to +631.3K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for a second straight week and by 16,879 contracts last week to -116.5K contracts.