Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 31st 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (3rd August) and cover positions up to Tuesday (31st 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 third consecutive week. The net long positions got decreased by 13,260 contracts to +35.3K contracts.            

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions declined last week. The net longs declined by 1,143 contracts to +8.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

The long positions rose for the first time in five weeks and by 2,326 contracts to +5.9K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the first time in six weeks, and by 2,929 contracts, which brought the net positions to +613.4K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions declined for the first time in four weeks and by 1,684 contracts last week to -126.4K contracts.