Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of November 28th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (1st December) and cover positions up to Tuesday (28th 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 for a second consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 22,590 contracts to +224.4K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for the second straight week. The net longs increased by 3,310 contracts to +43.9K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a second straight week contrasting with gold and this time by 8,859 contracts to +58.8K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the sixth time in seven weeks and by 32,755 contracts, which brought the net positions to +609.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for a second consecutive week and by 21,279 contracts that pushed the net position to -98.4K contracts.

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