Commodities Analysis & Opinion

A year ago, speculators accumulated net long contracts on gold that exceeded anything seen since at least 2008. Starting in late 2015, silver speculators set several such records with the latest set...

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WTI Crude Oil Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large speculators lifted their bullish net positions in the WTI Crude Oil futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders...

Gold Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large speculators sharply cut back on their bullish net positions in the gold futures markets this week for a fifth consecutive week, according to the latest...

Silver Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large speculators once again sharply reduced their net positions in the Silver futures markets this week, according to the latest Commitment of Traders...

Copper Non-Commercial Speculator Positions: Large speculators decreased their net positions in the Copper futures markets this week following two weeks of gains, according to the latest Commitment of...

New data from BP (LON:BP) have provided a summary of the state of the global liquefied natural gas (LNG) market in 2016. The market remained oversupplied, but the extent of oversupply increased....

Well, it looks like the U.S. shale oil industry is going to chalk up another lousy year of financial losses in 2017. This shouldn’t be a surprise as the U.S. shale oil industry hasn’t made...

We discuss the EIA oil and petroleum products Report in this commodities market video, focusing on oil imports and gasoline demand along with US Oil Production numbers. Is OPEC really following...

Here's a quick update on commodity futures positioning with the latest weekly CFTC COT report data. I've just picked out what I think are the 2 major standouts in the latest data, and while the two...

On analysis of the movement of Natural Gas futures price since the inventory announcement on July 13th, 2017, I conclude the possibility of a gap opening on the first trading day of the Week of July...

The Weekly VC Price Momentum Indicator Gold and Silver Futures Swings ReportTrading Instructions July 14, 2017Signals are automatically generated by integrating electronicweekly statistics with...

The chart below compares the performance of gold, silver and the S&P 500 since July of 2001. Why start back in 2001? That's when gold and silver created a series of higher lows, starting a new...

It may not be on your economic calendar, but on July 24 OPEC meets in St. Petersburg and there is a reasonably good chance that efforts to bring Libya and Nigeria into the quota system may succeed....