| Gold is down nearly 10% from its 2015 highs and the pervading negative sentiment – despite all the factors working in the precious metal's favour – is nowhere more evident than in the positioning of speculators on the futures market. Last week large gold futures investors such as hedge funds, referred to as "managed money", slashed overall bullish positions by a whopping 55%.
Bets that prices will rise only amounted to 21,480 lots or 2.15 million ounces in the week to June 30 according to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's weekly Commitment of Traders data. That's more than 14 million ounces below levels hit in January this year when gold reached its 2015 peak. The net long positioning is also the lowest since October 2006 when gold was worth less than $600 an ounce...............................................Full Article: Source
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