Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 18th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (21st July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (18th 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 sixth consecutive week.  The net long position decreased by 122 contracts to +60.1K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased last week. The net longs increased by 3,324 contracts to +15.3K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the sixth consecutive week and by 4,629 contracts to +9.4K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the third consecutive week and by 38,434 contracts, which brought the net positions to +396.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions, last week increased for the sixth time in seven weeks and by 1,301 contracts that pushed the net position to -35.2K contracts.

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