The most recent positioning data from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed that the large non-commercial accounts, commonly referred to as the funds, were net long by 140, 126 lots for futures and options combined as of the most recent reporting deadline of Aug. 21.
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The most recent data released by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission showed that the large non-commercial accounts, often referred to as the funds, stood net long by 244, 295 lots as of Oct. 9, which was more than double net length of 118, 223 as of Aug. 14.
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Under the newly minted 2010 Dodd-Frank Act, the Commodity Futures and Trading Commission is chartered to monitor non-agricultural commodities trading, to promote transparency and to prevent asset bubbles.
According to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission data, the percentage of non-commercial traders (investors who have no intention of ever supplying or taking delivery of a barrel of crude oil) has grown over time, from less than 10 percent of market players by volume in 2000 to more than 40 percent in 2011.
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In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and speculative non-commercial accounts decreased their net-long positions across the board, for the second week in a row in some cases.
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Since the beginning of June, the net bullish positions of non-commercial investors have risen sharply, according to America's Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and larger trader speculative non-commercial accounts increased their net-long positions in the yellow metal.
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In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and larger trader speculative non-commercial accounts greatly increased their net-long positions in the yellow metal.
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In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and larger trader speculative non-commercial accounts sizably increased their net-long positions in the yellow metal.
In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and larger trader speculative non-commercial accounts sharply cut their net-long positions in precious metals and were short in copper.
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In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and larger trader speculative non-commercial accounts increased their net-long positions in the yellow metal, following several weeks of a decrease.
In both the disaggregated and legacy weekly commitment of traders reports issued by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the managed-money and larger trader speculative non-commercial accounts decreased their net-long positions in these three precious metals for the second week in a row.
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The net long of the large non-commercials, better known as the funds, fell to 128, 581 lots for futures and options combined from 144, 495.
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