Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of March 20th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (23rd March) and cover positions up to Tuesday (20th March). 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 19,217 contracts to +148.7K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a second consecutive week. The net longs decreased by 8,774 contracts to +30.9K contracts.

• Silver – Net position turned from long to short

The long positions declined for a second consecutive week by 15,463 contracts to -12.5K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions last week and by 35,175 contracts, which brought the net positions to +703.7K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for a third consecutive week and by 5,699 contracts that pushed the net position to -99.4K contracts.

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