Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of September 18th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (21st September) and cover positions up to Tuesday (18th September). 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 short and increasing

Short positions rose last week. The net short positions got increased by 3,254 contracts to -10.8K contracts.        

• Copper – Net position short and decreasing

The net short positions declined last week by 8,703 contracts to -0.2K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and decreasing

The short positions declined for the second consecutive week and by 1,887 contracts to -25.5K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the 10th time in 13 weeks, and by 13,479 contracts, which brought the net positions to +530.4K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

Short positions rose for the 3rd time in 8 weeks and by 11,749 contracts last week to -81.8K contracts.