Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of June 6th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (9th June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (6th 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 increasing

Long positions increased for the third consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 37,375 contracts to +204.5K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the third time in four weeks. The net longs increased by 3,082 contracts to +12.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the third consecutive week and by 4,527 contracts to +65.9K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the third consecutive week and by 8,714 contracts, which brought the net positions to +382.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Position shifted from long to short

Short positions last week increased in such a fashion by 33,457 contracts that pushed the net position to -2.8K contracts.