Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of September 26th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (29th September) and cover positions up to Tuesday (26th 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 second consecutive week.  The net long position decreased by 23,495 contracts to +212.6K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the third consecutive week. The net longs decreased by 2,451 contracts to +30.1K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions decreased for the second straight week and by 7,543 contracts to +60.3K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the second consecutive week and by 36,034 contracts, which brought the net positions to +454.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions increased last week and by 34,678 contracts that pushed the net position to -58.6K contracts.

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