Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of January 10th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (13th January) and cover positions up to Tuesday (10th January). 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 increasing

The long positions rose last week, along with the metals’ price.  The net long position increased by 12,932 contracts to +109.5K contracts.         

• Copper – – Net position long and increasing

Traders added to their net longs last week. The net longs increased by 3,219 contracts to +47.7K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

The net long positions rose last week by 3,310 contracts to +64.6K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators marginally covered long positions last week and by 6,512 contracts to +433.6K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Speculators once again added short positions sharply last week. The net short positions decreased by 33,086 contracts to -33.7K contracts.