Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of November 21st 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Monday (27th November) and cover positions up to Tuesday (21st November). 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 but marginally.  The net long position increased by 6,743 contracts to +201.8K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for the first time in four weeks but only marginally. The net longs increased by 899 contracts to +40.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined last week contrasting with gold and this time by 1,532 contracts to +67.6K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the first time in six weeks and by 19,388 contracts, which brought the net positions to +577.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose first time in three weeks and by 13,701 contracts that pushed the net position to -77.1K contracts.

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