Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of June 28th, 2016

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (1st July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (28th June). 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

Uncertainties prompted global investors to continue to keep pouring into yellow metal. Net long position got increased by 9,191 contracts to +302K contracts.              

• Copper – Net position short and decreasing

Copper net short position saw a significant decrease. Net short position decreased by 13,112 contracts to -19.8K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

The net-long position in silver rose by 3,418 contracts to +83.7K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Crude oil saw a relatively large decrease in net long positions by 14,356 contracts to +304.2K contracts. 

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Natural gas another but small reduction in net short position by 2,751 contracts to -137.8K contracts.