Silver COT Report 10/21/11

Silver commitment of traders report for 10/21/11 saw the commercial's net short futures position decrease by 2,054 contracts for the week ending Tuesday 10/18

Silver COT Report - Futures
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
23,005	12,653	20,205	40,121	58,895	83,331	91,753
-566	1,030	1,377	2,531	477	3,342	2,884
Traders
58	36	42	38	41	123	100
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	20,026	11,604	103,357
	317	775	3,659
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Silver COT Report - Futures & Options Combined
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
23,437	7,938	57,485	55,226	80,150	136,147	145,573
-1,478	434	1,654	2,362	-56	2,537	2,032
Traders
78	39	78	40	44	153	132
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	24,005	14,580	160,153
	-28	477	2,509
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, October 18, 2011