Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of March 14th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (17th March) and cover positions up to Tuesday (14th 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 for second consecutive week.  The net long position decreased by 27,647 contracts to +106K contracts.          

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Traders reduced long positions for sixth consecutive week. The net longs decreased by 7,280 contracts to +22.4K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions declined for the second consecutive week and by 10,575 contracts to +82.9K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for third consecutive week and by 74,725 contracts, which brought the net positions to +433.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Shorts got covered after three weeks of increase and by 18,656 contracts last week that brought the net position to -36.5K contracts.