 as of October 17th 2017 - EconoTimes)
CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (20th October) and cover positions up to Tuesday (17th October). 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 last week. The net long position increased by 612 contracts to +200.7K contracts.
- Copper – Net position long and increasing
Long positions increased for a third consecutive week. The net longs increased by 10,749 contracts to +51.5K contracts.
- Silver – Net position long and increasing
Long positions increased for the first time in five weeks and this time by 4,807 contracts to +63.9K contracts.
- WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing
Speculators increased long positions last week and by 12,464 contracts, which brought the net positions to +429.5K contracts.
- Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing
Short positions were reduced last week and by 23,618 contracts that pushed the net position to -56K contracts.
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