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Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of May 23rd 2017

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (26th May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (23rd 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 increased for the first time in four weeks.  The net long position decreased by 33,043 contracts to +159.8K contracts.          

  • Copper – – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for second consecutive week. The net longs increased by 4,385 contracts to +13K contracts.

  • Silver – Net position long and increasing

Long positions increased for the first time in six weeks and by 8,169 contracts to +51.1K contracts.

  • WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators increased long positions for the first time in five weeks and by 44,037 contracts, which brought the net positions to +373K contracts.

  • Natural gas – Net position long and decreasing

Long position declined by 3,948 contracts and that pushed the net position to +52.7K contracts.

 

 

 

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