Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of January 31st 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (3rd February) and cover positions up to Tuesday (31st 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 for second consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 9,748 contracts to +119.2K contracts.         

• Copper – – Net position long and increasing

Traders increased their net longs for second consecutive week. The net longs increased by 6,966 contracts to +57.3K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for fifth consecutive week and by 4,953 contracts to +76K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased their long positions for third consecutive week and by 10,169 contracts, which brought the net positions to +492.7K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Speculators increased short positions for second consecutive week. The net short positions increased by 3,372 contracts to -26.1K contracts.