Silver COT Report
Live CFTC Commitments of Traders positioning for Silver futures — commercial hedgers versus managed money. Latest report: September 15, 2026.
By RetailVest Researchsourced from CFTCupdated
Positioning signal
bearish
Specs adding shorts (with room to grow)
Z-score (vs 3yr)
0.63
80.8th percentile
Open interest
103,745
+495 WoW
In plain English
Speculators lean bearish on Silver, though not at a full extreme. Worth watching to see whether the pessimism deepens into a contrarian opportunity.
Who's positioned where
Commercials (hedgers)
-42,700
net · 31,827 long / 74,527 short
Managed money (specs)
+25,326
net · 35,395 long / 10,069 short
Commercial net — last 6 months
What this means for Silver
The CFTC's weekly report splits Silver futures positions into — producers and users hedging real exposure — and , the speculators taking the other side. Commercials are net short here, while specs are net long. Research on hedging pressure finds that when commercial hedgers are unusually net-short, it has historically preceded positive returns — so the (currently 0.63) matters more than the raw number.Silver ultimately trades on industrial demand, the gold/silver ratio, and real yields, and positioning is one input among those fundamentals.
Educational analysis, not investment advice. Positioning is descriptive and can stay extreme for long stretches.
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