Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of June 5th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (8th June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (5th 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 last week. The net long positions got decreased by 3,174 contracts to +111.4K contracts.               

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for the fourth consecutive week. The net longs rose by 10,107 contracts to +47.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

The long positions rose for a second straight week and by 1,981 contracts to +19.4K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a seventh consecutive week and by 24,252 contracts, which brought the net positions to +583.6K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for a fourth consecutive week and by 2,749 contracts that pushed the net position to -59.4K contracts.

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