Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of September 25th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (28th September) and cover positions up to Tuesday (25th 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 increasing

Short positions rose for a second consecutive week. The net short positions got increased by 6,804 contracts to -17.6K contracts.           

• Copper – position shifted from short to long

The net long positions rose in such a fashion last week by 11,295 contracts that the net position shifted from short, to long to +11.1K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and decreasing

The short positions declined for the third consecutive week and by 2,261 contracts to -23.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the 4th time in 14 weeks, and by 29,719 contracts, which brought the net positions to +560K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions declined for the 6th time in 9 weeks and by 43,202 contracts last week to -38.6K contracts