COMMITMENT OF TRADERS REPORT SUMMARY -  SILVER

The "Current Report" figures below are open positions in the New York Mercantile Exchange (Comex) as of Tuesday, May 6 based on the government report issued on May 9  (reports are issued every Friday as of the previous Tuesday, holidays excepted -  (Click here for release schedule)): 

      P E R C E N T   O F   O P E N   I N T E R E ST         

     L O N G   P O S I T I O N S     

      S H O R T   P O S I T I O N S     

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Current Report 

Large Speculators 32% 34% 34% 37% 37% 37% 37% 33% 33% 32% 31% 31% 39% 40%     5%     6%     6%     5%     7%     5%     6%     6%     4%     5%     4%     4%     8%     6%
Small Speculators 16% 16% 18% 20% 20% 19% 19% 19% 18% 18% 18% 18% 20% 22%    5%    5%    6%    9%    7%    7%    6%    6%    7%    6%    6%    6%    6%    7%
Commercial  23%  25%  25%  23%  24%  24%  23%  27%  27%  28%  29%  29%  26%  23%   61%    64%    65%    66%    67%    68%    67%    67%    67%    67%    68%    68%    68%    72% 
Offsetting spreads  29%  25%  23%  20%  19%  20%  21%  21%  22%  22%  22%  22%  15%  15%   29%   25%   23%   20%   19%   20%   21%   21%   22%   22%   22%   22%   18%   15%
TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
                                                       
No. of open contracts 184,677 187,309 189,151 173,340 166,625 162,481 160,860 148,918 145,358 145,698 149,199 153,234 126,504 121,057 184,677 187,309 189,151 173,340 166,625 162,481 160,860 148,918 145,358 145,698 149.199 153.234 126,504 121,057

(*Figures may be rounded off to add to 100%)

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The total long speculators (both large and small) outnumber the shorts 62% long to 13% short (as of May 2). 

For more detail or to see the original government issued report, click here: Commitment of Traders.  

For a longer period in a different format  Click here.

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