Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of February 14th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (17th February) and cover positions up to Tuesday (14th 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

Speculators reduced long positions for a second consecutive week.  The net long position decreased by 7,397 contracts to +109.7K contracts.         

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Traders reduced long positions for a second consecutive week. The net longs decreased by 6,316 contracts to +45.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for a seventh consecutive week and by 6,535 contracts to +84.8K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators sharply increased long positions after covering in the previous and by 31,466 contracts, which brought the net positions to +508.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

After three weeks of increase in the short positions, last week saw sizable covering. The net short positions decreased by 8,682 contracts to -32.6K contracts.