Shorts closing further29 Oct 2018 15:00
Large speculators have continued to exit from their one-time large net-bearish positions in gold futures, trimming this by roughly two-thirds over the course of the last two reporting weeks for data compiled by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
The disaggregated report showed that money managers further trimmed their net-short position in gold futures to 38,116 contracts from 49,382 the week before. Over the past two weeks, they have slashed that net short by 65%, after it had stood at 109,454 as of Oct. 9.