Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of May 28th 2019

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (31st May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (28th May). The 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 2,117 contracts that pushed the net potion to +86.7K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose by 2,114 contracts that pushed the net potion to -23.8K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose by 7,747 contracts that pushed the net positions to -22.4K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions by 39,460 contracts, which brought the net positions to +438.9K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

The net short positions declined by 24,973 contracts that pushed the net potion to -85.9K contracts.