Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of June 20th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (23rd June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (20th 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 second time in five weeks, and this time sharply.  The net long position decreased by 39,599 contracts to +150.7K contracts.  

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the second time in six weeks. The net longs decreased by 6,019 contracts to +12.8K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the second consecutive week and by 13,977 contracts to +46.7K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators decreased long positions for the second consecutive week and by 30,235 contracts, which brought the net positions to +328.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions, last week increased for a third consecutive week and by 12,403 contracts that pushed the net position to -16.7K contracts.