Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of May 22nd 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (25th May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (22nd 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 increasing

Long positions declined for a second consecutive week. The net long positions got decreased by 1,486 contracts to +90.9K contracts.            

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for the second consecutive week. The net longs rose by 2,657 contracts to +39K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The long positions rose last week and by 14,567 contracts to +15.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a fifth consecutive week and by 11,058 contracts, which brought the net positions to +633.4K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for a second consecutive week and by 30,603 contracts that pushed the net position to -62.8K contracts.

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