Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of September 4th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (7th September) and cover positions up to Tuesday (4th 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 last week. The net short positions got increased by 10,434 contracts to -13.5K contracts.      

• Copper – Position shifted from long to short

The net short positions rose in such a fashion that net positions shifted from long to short, just after a week after flipping in other direction. The net short position rose by 6,288 contracts to +6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and increasing

The short positions rose for the fourth consecutive week and by 12,376 contracts to -29K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the third time in eleven weeks, and by 15,417 contracts, which brought the net positions to +565.7K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for the fifth time in six weeks and by 357 contracts last week to -65.9K contracts.