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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of May 15th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (18th May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (15th May). 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 declined last week. The net long positions got decreased by 14,997 contracts to +92.4K contracts.               

  • Copper – Net position long and increasing

Long positions rose for the first time in seven weeks. The net longs rose by 2,903 contracts to +36.3K contracts.

  • Silver – Net position shifted from short to long

The long positions rose last week and by 779 contracts to +658 contracts.

  • WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for a fourth consecutive week and by 35,484 contracts, which brought the net positions to +644.4K contracts.

  • Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

Short positions declined sharply last week and by 30,595 contracts that pushed the net position to -93.4K contracts.

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