The Crooks are at it again. 1 Week Gold COT Side by Side Comparison.
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NYSE Spot Gold Close:
12/11 $272.20
Net Long 13,626 Contracts
12/12 $273.70
12/13 $273.90
12/14 $277.90
12/17 $277.50
12/18 $280.00
Net Short 15,198 Contracts (A 28,000+ Contract Swing from Long to Short)
12/19 $275.20
12/20 $275.70
12/21 $277.60
NYSE Spot Gold closed at $272.20 on Tuesday December 11th. This was the cutoff date for the report issued last Friday:
GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 12/11/01 |
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NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS
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LONG | SHORT |SPREADING| LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT
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(CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 115,485
COMMITMENTS
25,806 47,523 10,014 54,864 41,238 90,684 98,775 24,801 16,710
CHANGES FROM 12/04/01 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 10,462)
-336 11,352 239 11,518 -4,642 11,421 6,949 -959 3,513
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS
22.3 41.2 8.7 47.5 35.7 78.5 85.5 21.5 14.5
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 113)
32 44 20 25 25 69 81
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GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 12/18/01 |
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NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS
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LONG | SHORT |SPREADING| LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT
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(CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 110,873
COMMITMENTS
30,819 31,680 11,673 41,158 56,356 83,650 99,709 27,223 11,164
CHANGES FROM 12/11/01 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -4,612)
5,013 -15,843 1,659 -13,706 15,118 -7,034 934 2,422 -5,546
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS
27.8 28.6 10.5 37.1 50.8 75.4 89.9 24.6 10.1
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 115)
41 36 22 22 30 76 79
Best Regards, J.T.