In the weekly commitmentsoftraders data from the CommodityFutures Trading Commission, speculators continued to add to long positions not only in gold, but also in silver and the platinum group metals when looking at data for futures and options combined.
According to the U.S. CommodityFutures Trading Commission, speculators in both the disaggregated and legacy CommitmentsofTraders Reports significantly increased for the second week in a row their net-long positions infutures and options on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
Figures from the U.S. CommodityFutures Trading Commission showed that speculators in both the disaggregated and legacy CommitmentsofTraders reports cut the net-long positions infutures and options on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange and Nymex for the week ending Aug. 30.