Latest Commitment of Traders positions (Commodities) as of January 15th 2019

13 February 2019, 12:48

CFTC commitment of traders report was released on Tuesday (12th February) and cover positions up to Tuesday (15th January). 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. Data delayed due to U.S. government shutdown
Kindly note, in some cases, numbers are rounded to nearest decimal.

• Gold – Net position long and declining

The net long positions declined by 11,303 contracts that pushed the net potion to +87.9K contracts.        

• Copper – Net position short and rising

The net short positions rose by 8,140 contracts that pushed the net potion to -27.6K contracts.

• Silver – Net position long and declining

The net long positions declined by 1,848 contracts that pushed the net positions to +52.2K contracts.

• WTI Crude – Net position long and decreasing

Speculators increased long positions by 29,714 contracts, which brought the net positions to +306.9K contracts.

• Natural gas – Position shifted from short to long

The net long positions rose by 9,647 contracts that pushed the net potion to +4.2K contracts.