Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of October 24th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (27th October) and cover positions up to Tuesday (24th 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 declined last week.  The net long position decreased by 9,339 contracts to +191.4K contracts.       

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for a fourth consecutive week. The net longs increased by 1,765 contracts to +53.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the second consecutive week contrasting with the gold and this time by 1,205 contracts to +65.1K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions last week and by 17,302 contracts, which brought the net positions to +446.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions increased last week and by 14,056 contracts that pushed the net position to -70K contracts.

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