Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of October 9th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (12th October) and cover positions up to Tuesday (9th 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 fourth consecutive week. The net short positions got increased by 16,353 contracts to -38.2K contracts.               

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

The net long positions declined last week by 3,728 contracts to +8.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and increasing

The short positions rose last week and by 4,752 contracts to -22.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the 12th time in 16 weeks, and by 20,858 contracts, which brought the net positions to +528K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for the 8th time in 11 weeks and by 21,471 contracts last week to -4.6K contracts.