Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of June 26th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (29th June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (26th 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 declined for a second consecutive week. The net long positions got decreased by 19,840 contracts to +76.7K contracts.            

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the second consecutive week. The net longs declined by 22,266 contracts to +34K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The long positions declined for the second consecutive week and by 6,681 contracts to +34.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions last week, and by 44,144 contracts, which brought the net positions to +625.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose last week and by 17,693 contracts that pushed the net position to -66.9K contracts.