TREE NEWS reports: Natural gas speculators across the four NYMEX and ICE markets increased their net short positions by 3,719 lots to 54,416 lots in the week ended September 8, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission said. The data covers the NYMEX and ICE natural gas contracts tracked in the CFTC’s weekly positioning report.
CFTC: Nat gas spec net shorts up 3,719 to 54,416 lots in week to Sept 8
AI take
The weekly CFTC positioning report is a backward-looking snapshot, but the direction of travel matters: speculators added to net shorts in the four NYMEX and ICE natural gas contracts tracked. That signals a market still leaning bearish on the fuel, even as the data captures only the week ended September 8. The open question is whether the next report confirms the build or shows shorts trimming exposure — the report itself offers no view on prices.
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