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 46,614 contracts in the data reported through Tuesday September 12th. This was a weekly lowering of -2,251 contracts from the previous week which had a total of 48,865 net contracts.
Copper bullish positions had an impressive streak of eight straight weekly gains before this week’s pullback. Despite the shortfall, net positions remain above the +40,000 net contracts level for a fourth straight week.
Copper 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 -51,812 contracts on the week. This was a weekly fall of -173 contracts from the total net of -51,639 contracts reported the previous week.
JJC (NYSE:JJC):
Over the same weekly reporting time-frame, from Tuesday to Tuesday, the JJC iPath Bloomber Copper ETN, which tracks the price of copper, closed at approximately $34.57 which was a fall of $-1.12 from the previous close of $35.69, according to unofficial market data.