Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of March 13th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (16th March) and cover positions up to Tuesday (13th March). 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 decreasing

Long positions declined last week. The net long positions got decreased by 15,875 contracts to +167.9K contracts.               

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined last week. The net longs decreased by 2,285 contracts to +39.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The long positions declined last week by 3,239 contracts to +2.9K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a second consecutive week and by 17,974 contracts, which brought the net positions to +686.5K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined for a second consecutive week and by 12,471 contracts that pushed the net position to -105.1K contracts.

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