SilverSeek.com has published the latest edition of its COT Silver Report, dated August 21, 2026. The report is part of a weekly series that appears on the site under the COT Silver Report byline and covers positioning in the U.S. silver futures market.

The series draws on the Commitments of Traders (COT) data compiled by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), the U.S. regulator of the derivatives markets. The CFTC releases the report every Friday at 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time, reflecting futures positions held as of the preceding Tuesday. The figures are broken down by trader category, distinguishing commercial hedgers, non-commercial large speculators - a group that includes hedge funds and other money managers - and non-reportable small traders. The CFTC also publishes disaggregated versions of the report that separate positions among producer/merchant/processor/user firms, swap dealers, money managers, and other reportables. Because it is one of the few regular public windows into aggregate positioning in U.S. futures markets, the data is widely followed as a read on how speculative and commercial interest is distributed, with analysts commonly tracking the net position of large speculators as an indicator of how one-sided positioning has become. The Friday release schedule also means each edition is a snapshot lagged by several days, covering holdings as of the prior Tuesday; the next installment in the series follows the same cycle the following Friday.

Silver futures in the United States trade on COMEX, part of CME Group, where the benchmark contract covers 5,000 troy ounces of the metal. COT positioning data for silver is tracked alongside gold and other metals in exchange and regulatory statistics. Silver's demand base spans both investment uses - coins, bars, and exchange-traded products - and industrial applications such as photovoltaic cells, electronics, and brazing alloys, a mix that brings industrial hedgers as well as investors and money managers into the futures market.

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Source: SilverSeek