Silver COT Report 10/7/11

This week's COT reports reveal that the commercial traders have covered another 3,780 short silver contracts in the week ending Tuesday 10/4.

Silver COT Report - Futures
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
23,859	11,959	18,780	39,584	58,507	82,223	89,246
-1,294	2,231	269	1,559	-3,780	534	-1,280
Traders
64	39	45	38	39	126	104
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	18,879	11,856	101,102
	-1,446	368	-912
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Silver COT Report - Futures & Options Combined
Large Speculators			Commercial		Total
Long	Short	Spreading	Long	Short	Long	Short
25,007	7,796	56,239	55,004	80,343	136,250	144,378
-502	2,181	1,494	2,582	-2,327	3,574	1,348
Traders
85	37	73	42	44	155	130
	Small Speculators
	Long	Short	Open Interest
	23,153	15,025	159,403
	-1,024	1,202	2,550
	non reportable positions		Change from the previous reporting period
COT Silver Report - Positions as of				Tuesday, October 04, 2011