CFTC Commitments: Comex Gold Futures/Options - Aug 21

GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. 
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/18/26          | 
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE 
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS 
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- 
  Long  | Short  |Spreads |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short  |  Long  | Short 
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(CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES)                       OPEN INTEREST:      561,817 
COMMITMENTS 
 252,603   33,108  147,722  104,166  361,044  504,491  541,874   57,325   19,942 
 
CHANGES FROM 08/11/26 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:     -2,768) 
   4,633       -6   -6,914     -129    5,866   -2,411   -1,054     -358   -1,714 
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 
    45.0      5.9     26.3     18.5     64.3     89.8     96.5     10.2      3.5 
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:      312) 
     195       49      136       60       60      294      206 
 
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