Gold Speculators sharply lowered their bullish net positions for 2nd week

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Gold Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:

Large metals speculators cut back on their bullish net positions 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 212,594 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday September 26th. This was a weekly lowering of -23,495 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 236,089 net contracts.

Gold speculative positions have dropped sharply over the past two weeks (total of -42,166 contracts) after rising for the previous eight weeks which had added +194,622 contracts to the total net position.

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 -233,471 contracts on the week. This was a weekly gain of 19,570 contracts from the total net of -253,041 contracts reported the previous week.

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 $123.14 which was a shortfall of $-1.48 from the previous close of $124.62, 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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