Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of June 13th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (16th June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (13th June). 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 first time in four weeks.  The net long position decreased by 14,191 contracts to +190.3K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the fourth time in five weeks. The net longs increased by 6,072 contracts to +18.8K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the first time in four weeks and by 5,283 contracts to +60.7K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators decreased long positions for the first time in four weeks and by 23,470 contracts, which brought the net positions to +359K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions, last week increased for a second consecutive week and by 1,518 contracts that pushed the net position to -4.3K contracts.