Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of October 2nd 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (5th October) and cover positions up to Tuesday (2nd 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 short and increasing

Short positions rose for a third consecutive week. The net short positions got increased by 4,174 contracts to -21.8K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

The net long positions rose last week by 871 contracts to +12K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and decreasing

The short positions declined for the fourth consecutive week and by 5,757 contracts to -17.5K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the 11th time in 15 weeks, and by 11,176 contracts, which brought the net positions to +548.9K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for the 7th time in 10 weeks and by 12,617 contracts last week to -26K contracts.