Silver Speculator positions dipped slightly this week, lower for 4th week

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Silver Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:

Large speculators very slightly reduced their 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 59,108 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday October 10th. This was a weekly reduction of -71 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 59,179 net contracts.

Speculative positions have now fallen for four straight weeks although remain in strong bullish territoryat just under +60,000 net contracts. Net positions have stayed above the +50,000 contract level for seven consecutive weeks.

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 -70,608 contracts on the week. This was a weekly fall of -1,891 contracts from the total net of -68,717 contracts reported the previous week.

SLV ETF:

Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the SLV ishares ETF, which tracks the price of silver, closed at approximately $16.15 which was an increase of $0.44 from the previous close of $15.71, 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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