Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of February 7th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (10th February) and cover positions up to Tuesday (7th 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 after two weeks of increase.  The net long position decreased by 2,006 contracts to +117.1K contracts.         

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Traders reduced long positions after two weeks of increase. The net longs decreased by 5,717 contracts to +51.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for sixth consecutive week and by 2,303 contracts to +78.3K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions after three weeks of increase and by 15,702 contracts, which brought the net positions to +477K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Speculators increased short positions for third consecutive week. The net short positions increased by 15,141 contracts to -41.2K contracts.