COT Gold, Silver Report

Commercials added 777 new silver shorts over the past week (Tues-Tues). 
Apparently The Morgue is now resorting to using God's number in a desperate plea for assistance.
Good luck with that.

Silver COT Report - Futures
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
37,185	9,978	16,965	30,563	77,869	84,713	104,812
648	284	-465	-1,381	777	-1,198	596
Traders
75	36	40	34	45	134	102
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	28,736	8,637	113,449
	2,272	478	1,074
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period

Open interest remains near multi month lows at 113,449.

While not at such extreme lows as silver, golds open interest is 523,294, leaving plenty of room on the upside for gold to run.

Gold COT Report - Futures
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
248,457	64,086	31,105	174,101	401,815	453,663	497,006
Change from Prior Reporting Period
11,227	3,803	1,596	-2,375	7,984	10,448	13,383
Traders
201	76	81	51	52	293	173
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	69,631	26,288	523,294
	3,520	585	13,968
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Gold Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, September 06, 2011

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