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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of April 17th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (20th April) and cover positions up to Tuesday (17th 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 last week. The net long positions got increased by 7,697 contracts to +163.1K contracts.   

  • Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for a third consecutive week. The net longs increased by 7,011 contracts to +30.7K contracts.

  • Silver – Net position short and decreasing

The short positions declined for a second consecutive week and by 14,746 contracts to -87 contracts.

  • WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for a second consecutive week and by 21,051 contracts, which brought the net positions to +728.1 contracts.

  • Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions rose last week marginally and by 8,976 contracts that pushed the net position to -89.3K contracts.

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