Gold Prices Fall Amid Rate Jitters; Copper Steady as China Stimulus Eyed 
 as of July 3rd 2017 - EconoTimes)
CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (7th July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (3rd 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 fourth consecutive week. The net long position decreased by 37,873 contracts to +93.8K contracts.
- Copper – Net position long and increasing
Long positions increased for a second consecutive week. The net longs increased by 2,657 contracts to +16.3K contracts.
- Silver – Net position long and decreasing
Long positions decreased for the fourth consecutive week and by 9,257 contracts to +26.3K contracts.
- WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing
Speculators increased long positions for the first time in four weeks and by 13,859 contracts, which brought the net positions to +341K contracts.
- Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing
Short positions, last week decreased for the first time in five weeks and by 10,265 contracts that pushed the net position to -20K contracts.
