Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of June 7th, 2016

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (10th June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (7th 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

Investors poured into yellow metal as uncertainties rose and Dollar weakened. Net long position got increased by 31,484 contracts to +228.6K contracts.  

• Copper – Net position short and increasing

Copper net short position saw  a marginal increase. Net short position increased by 467 contracts to -39.3K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Silver net long position suffered another blow last week, despite weakness in Dollar and rise in silver as long position declined by 4,590 contracts to +57K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Crude oil saw a big decrease in net long positions by 21,820 contracts to +325.2K contracts.         

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Natural gas saw a sharp reduction in net short position by 9,105 contracts to -153.2K contracts. Next week, there could be  a larger reduction in short position as gas price rose sharply.