Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of October 30th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (2nd November) and cover positions up to Tuesday (30th 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 decreasing

The net long positions declined last week by 16,194 contracts that pushed the net position to +13.2K contracts. 

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

The net long positions declined sharply last week, and by 8,680 contracts to +0.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and increasing

The short positions rose last week and by 3,291 contracts to -8.5K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the 15th time in 19 weeks, and by 22,640 contracts, which brought the net positions to +432.6K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions declined last week and by 8,315 contracts last week to -4.9K contracts.