Sunday, February 19, 2017

Excessive Optimism Among Copper Speculators

Most recently the game called "Copper Futures" became very popular:


As the chart shows, now the open interest in copper futures stands at its historic high of 296 thousand contracts.

What is more, the copper trade is not only overcrowded but I see excessive optimism among speculators as well:


Money Managers (in other words, big speculators) are holding the largest long positions in copper futures in history.

Summarizing - the copper market does not look attractive for the buyers now.

1 comment:

  1. If FCX mine out of production and other mine on strike, there will be a real squeeze.

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