Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of January 17th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (20th January) and cover positions up to Tuesday (17th 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 decreasing

After the long positions rose previous week, speculators covered long positions again in the last.  The net long position decreased by 2,441 contracts to +107K contracts.          

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Traders reduced their net longs last week. The net longs decreased by 1,204 contracts to +46.5K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Contrasting with the gold, the net long positions rose last week by 4,881 contracts to +69.5K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators sharply increased their long positions last week and by 31,116 contracts, which brought the net positions to +464.7K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Speculators sharply reduced short positions sharply last week. The net short positions decreased by 25,766 contracts to -8K contracts.