Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of February 13th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (16th February) and cover positions up to Tuesday (13th February). 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 the third consecutive week. The net long position decreased by 15,271 contracts to +175.6K contracts.          

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a second straight week. The net longs decreased by 8,207 contracts to +44.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for a second consecutive week. Last week, speculators reduced long positions by 15,882 contracts to +8.7K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the first time in six weeks and by 26,836 contracts, which brought the net positions to +712.3K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for a second consecutive week and by 47,899 contracts that pushed the net position to -101.4K contracts.

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