Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of March 6th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (9th March) and cover positions up to Tuesday (6th 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 second time in six weeks. The net long positions got increased by 5,105 contracts to +183.8K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose marginally last week. The net longs increased by 519 contracts to +41.9K contracts.

• Silver – Net position shifted from short to long

The long positions rose in such a fashion the net position turned long from short. Last week, speculators increased long positions by 7,694 contracts to +6.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions last week and by 17,597 contracts, which brought the net positions to +686.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined last week and by 13,306 contracts that pushed the net position to -117.6K contracts.

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