• Average Daily Open interest in Gold futures is up by 14% YoY in 2018 year-to-date • According to the Commitment of Traders Report published by the CFTC, net position in COMEX Gold futures across Money Managers trending down in 2018 From net long of 176,556 contracts on August 15, 2017 to net short of 83,324 on 14 August 2018. • Gold futures two highest volume quarters all time were Q1 2018 and Q2 2018. Gold Futures year to date average daily volume of 353,276 contracts, up 22% YoY • Non US volumes in Gold is driving majority of the growth, an average of 159K contracts of Gold futures are traded outside the US every ... (full story)