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Silver Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large speculators continued to raise 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 74,987 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday September 12th. This was a weekly jump of 10,816 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 64,171 net contracts.
Speculators have now boosted positions by over +10,000 contracts for the past two weeks while overall bullish positions have risen for eight consecutive weeks to the highest level since April 25th of this year.
Silver Commercial Positions:
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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 -84,681 contracts on the week. This was a weekly decline of -7,993 contracts from the total net of -76,688 contracts reported the previous week.
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the SLV ishares ETF, which tracks the price of silver, closed at approximately $16.89 which was an edge down of $-0.02 from the previous close of $16.91, 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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