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

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (8th December) and cover positions up to Tuesday (5th 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 last week.  The net long position decreased by 51,088 contracts to +173.3K contracts.     

  • Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined last week. The net longs decreased by 17,270 contracts to +26.6K contracts.

  • Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a third straight week and this very sharply. Last week, speculators reduced long positions by 27,356 contracts to +31.4K contracts.

  • WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the seventh time in eight weeks and by 1,295 contracts, which brought the net positions to +611.1K contracts.

  • Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for a third consecutive week and by 23,568 contracts that pushed the net position to -122K contracts.

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