Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of October 10th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (13th October) and cover positions up to Tuesday (10th October). 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 decreased for the fourth consecutive week.  The net long position decreased by 3,743 contracts to +200.1K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for a second consecutive week. The net longs increased by 6,909 contracts to +40.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the fourth straight week but this time only marginally by 71 contracts to +59.1K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a second consecutive week and by 27,255 contracts, which brought the net positions to +417.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions increased for a third consecutive week and by 5,423 contracts that pushed the net position to -79.6K contracts.

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