Here’s What Silver Investors Need to Know
Large Speculators have been making this bet on silver
by Bob Stokes
Updated: May 18, 2023
Observations over the years reveal that hedge fund managers tend to extrapolate current trends of financial markets into the future -- just like most Main Street investors.
In other words, hedge fund managers are just as much a part of the "crowd" as the little guy.
So, this 2021 headline from the American Enterprise Institute is not surprising:
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Hedge funds and trend followers are known as Large Speculators in the Commitment of Traders report published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission. They usually take the opposite side of the trade from a group known as the Commercials; insiders who participate in a business related to a given commodity. The Commercials usually turn out to be on the right side of a trade.
With this in mind, let's focus on silver. Here's a chart and commentary from our May 15 U.S. Short Term Update:
Large Specs... are strongly betting that [Silver]'s rally will continue. The middle graph on the chart shows the Large Spec net long or net short position as a percentage of total non-spreading open interest. Two weeks ago, it was 23.49%. Last week, despite a 9% decline in silver prices over just five days, Large Specs are net long 23.14%, hardly budging from their prior stance... We will keep you apprised of new developments.
The U.S. Short Term Update makes clear that Commitment of Traders positions are not a great short-term timing tool. At the same time, be aware that extreme positions often occur at key trend turns.
Also keep in mind that silver's Elliott wave structure can help you to anticipate price turns.
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