Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 23rd 2019

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (26th July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (23rd July). The 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 the nearest decimal.

• Gold-Net position long and increasing

The net long positions rose by 5,749 contracts that pushed the net potion to +251.2K contracts.

• Copper – Net position short and decreasing

The net short positions declined by 7,894 contracts that pushed the net potion to -31.9K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

The net long positions rose by 17,336 contracts that pushed the net positions to +54.8K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions by 25,911 contracts, which brought the net positions to +397.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose by 35,808 contracts that pushed the net potion to -191.4K contracts.