Silver Speculators raised their bullish bets for 3rd week to 5-month high

December 22nd – By CountingPips.com – Receive our weekly COT Reports by Email

Silver Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:

Large precious metals speculators increased their bullish net positions in the Silver 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 Silver futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 19,831 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday December 18th. This was a weekly increase of 8,575 net contracts from the previous week which had a total of 11,256 net contracts.

This week’s net position was the result of the gross bullish position growing by 2,887 contracts to a weekly total of 74,023 contracts combined with the gross bearish position which saw a decline by -5,688 contracts for the week to a total of 54,192 contracts.

The net speculative position has gained for three straight weeks and by a total of 30,797 contracts over that period. The current standing is now at the highest level since July 10th when the net position equaled 23,699 contracts.

Silver Commercial Positions:

The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -35,476 contracts on the week. This was a weekly loss of -7,597 contracts from the total net of -27,879 contracts reported the previous week.

Silver Futures:

Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the Silver Futures (Front Month) closed at approximately $1470.10 which was an advance of $7.30 from the previous close of $1462.80, according to unofficial market data.

*COT Report: The COT data, released weekly to the public each Friday, is updated through the most recent Tuesday (data is 3 days old) and shows a quick view of how large speculators or non-commercials (for-profit traders) as well as the commercial traders (hedgers & traders for business purposes) were positioned in the futures markets. The CFTC categorizes trader positions according to commercial hedgers (traders who use futures contracts for hedging as part of the business), non-commercials (large traders who speculate to realize trading profits) and nonreportable traders (usually small traders/speculators). Find CFTC criteria here: (http://www.cftc.gov/MarketReports/CommitmentsofTraders/ExplanatoryNotes/index.htm).

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