Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of May 30th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (2nd June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (30th 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 increased for the second consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 7,323 contracts to +167.1K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the first time in three weeks. The net longs decreased by 3,387 contracts to +9.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the second consecutive week and by 10,241 contracts to +61.4K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the second consecutive week and by 766 contracts, which brought the net positions to +373.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position long and decreasing

Long position declined by 22,029 contracts and that pushed the net position to +30.6K contracts.