Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of December 12th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (15th December) and cover positions up to Tuesday (12th December). 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 decreasing

Long positions declined for a second consecutive week.  The net long position decreased by 66,261 contracts to +107.1K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose last week. The net longs increased by 1,101 contracts to +27.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a fourth straight week and this very sharply. Last week, speculators reduced long positions by 21,512 contracts to +9.9K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the eighth time in nine weeks and by 3,369 contracts, which brought the net positions to +614.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for a fourth consecutive week and by 42,558 contracts that pushed the net position to -164.5K contracts.

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