Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 3rd 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Monday (9th 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 increasing

Long positions rose last week. The net long positions got increased by 1,655 contracts to +78.3K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the third consecutive week. The net longs declined by 8,540 contracts to +25.5K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The long positions declined last week and by 9,539 contracts to +24.7K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for a second consecutive week, and by 31,629 contracts, which brought the net positions to +656.7K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for a second straight week and by 22,846 contracts that pushed the net position to -89.8K contracts.