Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of May 29th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (1st June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (29th 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 rose last week. The net long positions got increased by 24,173 contracts to +115.1K contracts.     

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for the third consecutive week. The net longs rose by 1,412 contracts to +37.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

The long positions rose last week and by 2,228 contracts to +17.4K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a sixth consecutive week and by 25,558 contracts, which brought the net positions to +607.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for a third consecutive week and by 639 contracts that pushed the net position to -62.2K contracts.

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