Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of April 11th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (14th April) and cover positions up to Tuesday (11th April). 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 rose for fourth consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 17,230 contracts to +172.7K contracts.               

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the tenth time in eleven weeks. The net longs decreased by 1,023 contracts to +25.8K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for a third consecutive week and by 4,133 contracts to +105.5K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the second consecutive week and by 28,661 contracts, which brought the net positions to +437K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Shorts declined for a second consecutive week and by 14,858 contracts last week that brought the net position to -3.5K contracts.