Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of October 25th, 2016

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (28th October) and cover positions up to Tuesday (25th 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 increasing

Traders increased their net long positions after covering in past three weeks. The net long position increased by 17,362 contracts to +197K contracts.   

• Copper – Net position short and increasing

Traders increased their net shorts after position flipped from net long to net short last week. The net shorts increased by 2,612 contracts to -13.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The net long position in silver declined for fourth consecutive week. The net longs decreased by 2,213 contracts to +57.1K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

 The net long positions decreased last week as traders reduced the net long positions by 4,409 contracts to +403.6K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Last week, traders reduced their short bets sharply once again. Net-short positions declined by 15,211 contracts to -15.9K contracts.