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Monday, May 18, 2015

Commitment of Trader's Report - Hedge Fund Long Position In Natural Gas Jumps By Over 50%

Friday's Commitment of Trader report showed a large jump in the speculative long position by the hedge funds in the natural gas market.

The funds have had a very rough time attempting to trade this market over the past two years.  The funds were record long 488,901 contracts in February 2014, the very week the market set a six year spot contract high.

Two weeks ago, the funds had nearly abandoned the market with a net long position falling to a 3-year low.  At the time, this was considered a bullish "contrarian" indicator.

In last week's trade, the fund long position increased by 51% or 32,564 contracts to a net long position of 96,565 contracts. 

The funds are back in the natural gas market attempting to play the summer rally higher. 


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