Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of March 28th 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (31st March) and cover positions up to Tuesday (28th 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 increasing

Long positions rose for second consecutive week.  The net long position increased by 21,568 contracts to +137.8K contracts.               

• Copper – – Net position long and decreasing

Long positions rose for the first time in eight weeks. The net longs increased by 8,195 contracts to +29.9K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased last week after three consecutive declines and by 11,576 contracts to +90.7K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a fifth consecutive week and by 20,437 contracts, which brought the net positions to +398.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Shorts increased for the first time in three weeks and by 5,722 contracts last week that brought the net position to -22.8K contracts.