Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of September 11th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (14th September) and cover positions up to Tuesday (11th September). 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 decreasing

Short positions declined last week. The net short positions got decreased by 5,907 contracts to -7.6K contracts. 

• Copper – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose last week by 2,917 contracts to -8.9K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and decreasing

The short positions declined for the first time in five weeks and by 1,571 contracts to -27.4K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the 9th time in 12 weeks, and by 21,885 contracts, which brought the net positions to +543.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for the 2nd time in 7 weeks and by 4,181 contracts last week to -70.1K contracts.