Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of May 14th 2019

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (17th May) and cover positions up to Tuesday (14th May). 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 increasing

The net long positions rose by 49,125 contracts that pushed the net potion to +124.5K contracts.              

• Copper – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose by 6,488 contracts that pushed the net potion to -19.4K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose by 1,252 contracts that pushed the net positions to -2.21K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators reduced long positions by 6,528 contracts, which brought the net positions to +487.8K contracts.

• Natural gas – Net position short and increasing

The net short positions rose by 5,998 contracts that pushed the net potion to -73.9K contracts.