CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (14th June) and cover positions up to Tuesday (11th June). 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 20,085 contracts that pushed the net potion to +204.3K contracts.
- Copper – Net position short and decreasing
The net short positions declined by 6,569 contracts that pushed the net potion to -23.9K contracts.
- Silver – Net position long and increasing
The net long positions rose by 11,856 contracts that pushed the net positions to +14.5K contracts.
- WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing
Speculators increased long positions by 11,432 contracts, which brought the net positions to +363.1K contracts. This was the first increase in eight years.
- Natural gas – Net position short and increasing
The net short positions rose by 10,351 contracts that pushed the net potion to -137.3K contracts.