Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of January 24th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (27th January) and cover positions up to Tuesday (24th 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

Speculators increased long positions last week but marginally.  The net long position increased by 2,366 contracts to +109.4K contracts.         

• Copper – – Net position long and increasing

Traders increased their net longs last week. The net longs increased by 3,811 contracts to +50.3K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for fourth consecutive week and by 1,539 contracts to +71K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased their long positions last week and by 17,845 contracts, which brought the net positions to +482.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Speculators once again increased short positions as the net position struggles to revert. The net short positions increased by 14,766 contracts to -22.7K contracts.