Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of September 19th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (22nd September) and cover positions up to Tuesday (19th 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 decreasing

Long positions decreased for the first time in nine weeks.  The net long position decreased by 18,671 contracts to +236.1K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the second consecutive week. The net longs decreased by 14,027 contracts to +32.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the first time in nine weeks and by 7,184 contracts to +67.8K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions last week and by 43,594 contracts, which brought the net positions to +418.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions decreased for the first time in five weeks and by 28,315 contracts that pushed the net position to -23.9K contracts.

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