 as of July 16th 2019 - EconoTimes)
CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (19th July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (16th July). The 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 the nearest decimal.
- Gold-Net position long and increasing
The net long positions rose by 738 contracts that pushed the net potion to +245.5K contracts.
- Copper – Net position short and decreasing
The net short positions declined by 8,044 contracts that pushed the net potion to -31.9K contracts.
- Silver – Net position long and increasing
The net long positions rose by 12,274 contracts that pushed the net positions to +37.4K contracts.
- WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing
Speculators increased long positions by 33,613 contracts, which brought the net positions to +423.8K contracts.
- Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing
The net short positions declined by 1,892 contracts that pushed the net potion to -155.6K contracts.
