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InProved Gold Report: Gold Market Sentiment & Positioning

InProved Gold Report

“We maintain a preference for Gold over Silver in the short term, as positioning and flows appear more attractive” - Below see our latest InProved Gold Report.

Metals Insights: Futures market in The USA

  • Precious metals kicked off August on a subdued note; however, metals have been regaining some strength since the latter part of the month, notably Gold up 2.62% Month-to-date at $2,538 per ounce (Dec’24 contract), while Silver continues to lag behind, down 0.31% at $28.84 per ounce.
 
  • Week-on-Week Open interest on the COMEX for Gold grew by 9.1% (+43,972 lots) to 526,568 contracts (52.7 million ounces)
 
  • Week-on-Week Open interest for Silver rose by 1.9% (+2,805 lots) to 148,882 contracts (744.5 million ounces)
Metals Insights Futures market in The USA

The Commitments of traders (COT) 08/13/24

  • Precious metals futures speculators (Managed money) on the COMEX piled back into Gold while trimming their net long length in Silver.
 
  • Traders’ bets in Gold have increased by 18% or 27,129 lots (+$6.7B) to 178K contracts Week on Week (Largest Weekly increase since March 24).
 
  • Managed money trimmed their net long in Silver by 4.3% to 23,334 lots.
 
  • Speculators bets remain 25% below 2020 high for Gold while bets on Silver remain 62% away from their previous high.
Metals Insights The Commitments of traders (COT)_08/13/24

US 10 Year treasury yield

  • Treasury yields are pulling back after a big run-up, signaling some rate cuts expectation from the FED.
 
  • Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell will maintain a moderately dovish stand at Jackson Hole this week.
 
  • Adding fuel to Gold price, a non yielding asset.
InProved: US 10 Year treasury yield

Options flow

  • Gold has been trading above its call wall ($2,500), forcing dealers to buy more futures, pushing the price higher.

  • The rise has been accompanied by an increase in Implied volatility reflecting a bullish sentiment.

  • Traders have been increasing their bullish bets on strike 2500 and above, particularly on the strike 2600 on both contracts (Oct24 and Dec24)

  • Market makers hold Significant long gamma above $2500, buying as gold go down, putting a floor on the metal.

  • Whereas Silver continues to struggle below its call wall at $30 (Sept24), with a lot of long short-term bets expiring in 8 days.
InProved Report: Options flow

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