Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of May 1st 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (4th May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (1st May). 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 29,867 contracts to +106.8K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a fifth consecutive week. The net longs decreased by 7,720 contracts to +34.9K contracts.

• Silver – Position shifted from short to long

The short positions declined in such a fashion and by 19,163 contracts that the net position turned short from long to -7.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a second consecutive week and by 21,696 contracts, which brought the net positions to +690.7K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for a second consecutive week and by 1,378 contracts that pushed the net position to -94.8K contracts.

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