Silver COT Report 10/28/11

The commercials increased the net short silver futures position by a net 4,742 contracts in the week ending 10/25/11.

COT SILVER REPORT 10/28/11

Silver COT Report - Futures
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
23,660	12,638	21,580	38,176	61,692	83,416	95,910
655	-15	1,375	-1,945	2,797	85	4,157
Traders
59	37	45	41	41	126	104
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	23,650	11,156	107,066
	3,624	-448	3,709
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Silver COT Report - Futures & Options Combined
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
24,079	7,788	59,112	53,568	83,381	136,760	150,282
642	-150	1,628	-1,657	3,231	613	4,709
Traders
83	38	80	42	44	157	137
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	28,016	14,494	164,776
	4,011	-86	4,623
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, October 25, 2011