Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of November 13th 2018

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (16th November) and cover positions up to Tuesday (13th November).  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 shifted from long to short

The net short positions declined by 28,273 contracts that pushed the net potion from long to short. The current net potion stands at -9.3K contracts.             

• Copper – Net position long and decreasing

The net long positions declined last week, and by 2,971 contracts to +3.4K contracts.

• Silver – Net position short and increasing

The short positions rose last week and by 14,675 contracts to -17.1K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and increasing

Speculators reduced long positions for the 7th Consecutive week and for the 17th time in 21 weeks, and by 22,585 contracts, which brought the net positions to +381.2K contracts.

• Natural gas – Position shifted from short to long

The net long positions rose by 16,926 contracts that pushed the net potion to +22.3K contracts.