COT's out...they're buying gold and silver:
GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 10/16/01 | -------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADING| LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 126,767 COMMITMENTS 43,774 19,686 11,104 36,316 88,132 91,194 118,922 35,573 7,845
CHANGES FROM 10/09/01 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -7,896) -10,152 -1,462 897 5,274 -7,639 -3,981 -8,204 -3,915 308
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 34.5 15.5 8.8 28.6 69.5 71.9 93.8 28.1 6.2
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 122) 51 29 24 28 37 97 74 |