Gold Speculators Sharply Raised Bullish Bets
Zachary Storella | Mar 31, 2019 01:50AM ET
Gold Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large precious metals speculators strongly 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 119,741 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday, March 26th. This was a weekly gain of 31,345 net contracts from the previous week which had a total of 88,396 net contracts.
The week’s net position was the result of the gross bullish position (longs) growing by 10,122 contracts to a weekly total of 214,447 contracts that combined with the gross bearish position (shorts) which saw a reduction by -21,223 contracts for the week to a total of 94,706 contracts.
The gold net speculative position rose for a second straight week after dropping in the previous three weeks. The current standing is back over the +100,000 net contract level for the first time since February 26th and has now been in positive territory for nineteen consecutive weeks.
Gold Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders' position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -151,434 contracts on the week. This was a weekly fall of -35,775 contracts from the total net of -115,659 contracts reported the previous week.
Gold Futures:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the Gold Futures (Front Month) closed at approximately $1321.40 which was a boost of $14.90 from the previous close of $1306.50, according to unofficial market data.
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