Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of March 21st 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (24th March) and cover positions up to Tuesday (21st 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 increasing

Long positions rose for the first time in three weeks.  The net long position increased by 10,214 contracts to +116.2K contracts.               

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Traders reduced long positions for a seventh consecutive week. The net longs decreased by 769 contracts to +21.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the third consecutive week and by 3,766 contracts to +79.1K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a fourth consecutive week and by 15,283 contracts, which brought the net positions to +418.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Shorts got covered for a second consecutive week and by 19,422 contracts last week that brought the net position to -17.1K contracts.