Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 24th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (27th July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (24th 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 for the second consecutive week. The net long positions got decreased by 9,244 contracts to +48.6K contracts.            

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for the first time in six weeks. The net longs rose by 254 contracts to +9.4K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The long positions declined for a fourth consecutive week and by 5,344 contracts to +3.54K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a fifth consecutive week, and by 20,823 contracts, which brought the net positions to +610.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for a third straight week and by 11,577 contracts last week to -128.1K contracts.