Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of July 9th 2019

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (12th July) and cover positions up to Tuesday (9th July). The 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 the nearest decimal.

• Gold – Net position long and decreasing

The net long positions declined by 14,183 contracts that pushed the net potion to +244.8K contracts.      

• Copper – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose by 10,771 contracts that pushed the net potion to -40K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and decreasing

The net long positions declined by 5,304 contracts that pushed the net positions to +25.1K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions by 2,661 contracts, which brought the net positions to +390.1K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and decreasing

The net short positions declined by 1,638 contracts that pushed the net potion to -157.5K contracts.