CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Friday (28th April) and cover positions up to Tuesday (25th April). 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 rose for a sixth consecutive week. The net long position increased by 4,909 contracts to +200.7K contracts.
- Copper – – Net position long and decreasing
Long positions declined for the twelfth time in thirteen weeks. The net longs decreased by 3,585 contracts to +12.5K contracts.
- Silver – Net position long and decreasing
In contrast to gold, the long positions decreased last week again and by 10,274 contracts to +93.6K contracts.
- WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing
Speculators covered long positions for the first time in four weeks and by 32,061 contracts, which brought the net positions to +411.8K contracts.
- Natural gas – position shifted to short
Long position declined by 6,060 contracts and that pushed the net position from long to short. The current position is at -6.1K contracts.
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May 01, 2017 at 03:14PM
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