Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of May 9th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (12th May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (9th 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

Long positions declined for the second consecutive week.  The net long position decreased by 39,628 contracts to +150K contracts.          

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the thirteenth time in fifteen weeks. The net longs increased by 6,080 contracts to +8K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a fourth consecutive week and by 17,712 contracts to +53.6K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators covered long positions for a third consecutive week and by 44,393 contracts, which brought the net positions to +328.7K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position long and decreasing

Long position decreased by 1,447 contracts and that pushed the net position to +19.5K contracts.