Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of September 5th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (8th September) and cover positions up to Tuesday (5th 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

Long positions increased for the seventh consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 14,251 contracts to +245.3K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for an eighth consecutive week. The net longs increased by 5,213 contracts to +48.9K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the seventh consecutive week and by 10,526 contracts to +64.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the first time in five weeks and by 16,248 contracts, which brought the net positions to +382.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions increased for a third consecutive week and by 3,469 contracts that pushed the net position to -46.8K contracts.

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