Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of October 31st 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (3rd November) and cover positions up to Tuesday (31st 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

Long positions rose last week.  The net long position increased by 1,710 contracts to +193.1K contracts. 

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the first time in five weeks. The net longs increased by 5,659 contracts to +47.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined last week and this time by 4,968 contracts to +60.1K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for a third consecutive week and by 56,122 contracts, which brought the net positions to +502.9K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions increased for a second straight week and by 32,051 contracts that pushed the net position to -102.1 contracts.

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