Gold Prices Fall Amid Rate Jitters; Copper Steady as China Stimulus Eyed 
 as of May 21st 2019 - EconoTimes)
CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (24th May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (21st 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 the nearest decimal.
- Gold – Net position long and decreasing
The net long positions declined by 35,731 contracts that pushed the net potion to +88.8K contracts.
- Copper – Net position short and increasing
The net short positions rose by 2,353 contracts that pushed the net potion to -21.7K contracts.
- Silver – Net position short and increasing
The net short positions rose by 12,453 contracts that pushed the net positions to -14.7K contracts.
- WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing
Speculators reduced long positions by 9,410 contracts, which brought the net positions to +478.4K contracts.
- Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing
The net short positions declined by 12,921 contracts that pushed the net potion to -61K contracts.
