Largest gold futures short sellers close over 25,000 contracts in one weekATLANTA – The largest of the largest traders of gold futures on the COMEX in New York seemed to be in a hurry to reduce their net short positioning in the latest Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) commitments of ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - A review by the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission found the IntercontinentalExchange Futures U.S. <ICE.N> compliance staff was under "notable strain" that hindered its ability to regulate itself. The CFTC's market oversight division conducted the review of the exchange from June ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A key U.S. lawmaker is set to join forces with several business groups on Wednesday to call for Congress to end the "reckless speculation" in commodity markets as the Senate prepares to take on financial reform. Senator Maria Cantwell, a Washington Democrat, will advocate for more regulation ...

Largest futures short sellers have nothing to fear from U.S. regulatorsATLANTA – Just before Christmas we featured the huge net short dollar index positioning by commercial traders on the ICE exchange based here in Atlanta. Since that report other commentators have noticed and commented on those veteran commercial trader bets ...