Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of October 23rd 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (26th October) and cover positions up to Tuesday (23rd 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 – Position shifted from long and increasing

The net long positions rose by 11,721 contracts that pushed the net position to +29.4K contracts.             

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

The net long positions rose for a second consecutive week, and by 429 contracts to +9.3K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and decreasing

The short positions declined for the second consecutive week and by 9,648 contracts to -5.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the 14th time in 18 weeks, and by 37,951 contracts, which brought the net positions to +455.3K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for the 4th time in 13 weeks and by 8,659 contracts last week to -13.2K contracts.