Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of May 24th, 2016

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (27th May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (24th 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

As gold price is falling over past nine days, investors pull money out at record pace. Net long position got reduced by 59,656 contracts to +206.6K contracts.  

• Copper – Net position short and increasing

Copper net short position saw another sharp increase in position. Net short position increased by 10,407 contracts to -41K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Silver net long position declined sharply by 11,318 contracts to +65.9K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Crude oil saw sizable decrease in net long position by 20,627 contracts to +348.1K contracts.       

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Natural gas saw sharp increase in net short position by 24,236 contracts to -156.7K contracts.