Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 10th 2018

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

Long positions rose for a second consecutive week. The net long positions got increased by 3,107 contracts to +81.4K contracts.           

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the fourth consecutive week. The net longs declined by 11,322 contracts to +14.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The long positions declined for a second consecutive week and by 983 contracts to +23.7K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a third consecutive week, and by 2,255 contracts, which brought the net positions to +654.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose by 9,880 contracts last week to -99.7K contracts.