Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of September 12th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (15th September) and cover positions up to Tuesday (12th 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 long and increasing

Long positions increased for the eighth consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 9,462 contracts to +254.8K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the first time in nine weeks. The net longs decreased by 2,251 contracts to +46.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the eighth consecutive week and by 10,816 contracts to +75K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions last week and by 7,633 contracts, which brought the net positions to +374.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions increased for a fourth consecutive week and by 5,404 contracts that pushed the net position to -52.2K contracts.

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