Silver Non-Commercial Positions:
Large speculators and traders decreased their net positions in the silver futures markets last week for the first time in the past three weeks, 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 Comex silver futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 60,894 contracts in the data reported through December 20th. This was a weekly change of -6,039 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 66,933 net contracts.
Silver 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 -73,948 contracts last week. This is a weekly advance of 7,183 contracts from the total net of -81,131 contracts reported the previous week.
Free Reports:
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the SLV ishares ETF, which tracks the price of silver, closed at approximately $15.24 which was a change of $-0.80 from the previous close of $16.04, according to ETF market data from Yahoo Finance.
*COT Report: The weekly commitment of traders report summarizes the total trader positions for open contracts in the futures trading 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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