Copper Non-Commercial Speculator Positions:
Large metals speculators cut back on their bullish net positions in the Copper 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 Copper futures, traded by large speculators and hedge funds, totaled a net position of 8,247 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday October 9th. This was a weekly lowering of -3,728 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 11,975 net contracts.
This week’s decline in the speculative bullish position was the first pull back in four weeks after the net positioning crossed back into bullish territory on September 25th. The copper spec position has now been in an overall bullish standing for a three straight weeks.
Copper Commercial Positions:
The commercial traders position, hedgers or traders engaged in buying and selling for business purposes, totaled a net position of -8,924 contracts on the week. This was a weekly advance of 4,348 contracts from the total net of -13,272 contracts reported the previous week.
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the Copper Futures (Front Month) closed at approximately $280.65 which was a boost of $0.0 from the previous close of $280.65, according to unofficial market data.