Gold Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large speculators once again pushed their bullish net positions higher in the gold futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders (COT) data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) on Friday.
The non-commercial futures contracts of Gold futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 208,438 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday August 22nd. This was a weekly advance of 20,704 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 187,734 net contracts.
Gold speculative positions have risen for five straight weeks and by +148,300 net contracts in that time frame which brings the total net level over the +200,000 contract mark for the first time since April 25th.
Gold Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, categorized by the CFTC as hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -219,918 contracts on the week. This was a weekly decrease of -23,287 contracts from the total net of -196,631 contracts reported the previous week.
GLD (NYSE:GLD) ETF:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the GLD ETF, which tracks the price of gold, closed at approximately $122.21 which was an increase of $1.23 from the previous close of $120.98, according to unofficial market data.
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