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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of September 27th, 2016

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (30th September) and cover positions up to Tuesday (27th 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

Gold traders sharply increased their net long positions in gold. The net long position increased by 35,725 contracts to +291.9K contracts.         

  • Copper – Net position short and decreasing

Net short positions decreased for third consecutive week.  The net-shorts decreased by 11,061 contracts to -2K contracts.

  • Silver – Net position long and increasing

The net long position in silver rose for second consecutive week but slowly. The net longs increased by 2,227 contracts to +84.9K contracts.

  • WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

 The net long positions increased by 12,773 contracts to +291.6K contracts.

  • Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Traders covered short positions sharply last week. Net-short positions declined by 27,752 contracts to -47.6K contracts.

 

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