Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 2nd 2019

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Monday (8th July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (2nd 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 22,392 contracts that pushed the net potion to +258.9K contracts.              

• Copper – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose by 2,677 contracts that pushed the net potion to -29.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The net long positions declined by 110 contracts that pushed the net positions to +30.5K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions by 14,007 contracts, which brought the net positions to +392.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

The net short positions declined by 4,017 contracts that pushed the net potion to -159.1K contracts.