Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of April 25th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (28th April) and cover positions up to Tuesday (25th 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 a sixth consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 4,909 contracts to +200.7K contracts.               

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the twelfth time in thirteen weeks. The net longs decreased by 3,585 contracts to +12.5K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

In contrast to gold, the long positions decreased last week again and by 10,274 contracts to +93.6K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators covered long positions for the first time in four weeks and by 32,061 contracts, which brought the net positions to +411.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – position shifted to short

Long position declined by 6,060 contracts and that pushed the net position from long to short. The current position is at -6.1K contracts.