AMT Insight – Commitment of Traders Report (COTR) – 15th April 2025

Base Metals Traders

Definition: the data in this report show LME non-risk reducing positions (ie speculative positions) held by Investment Funds and Other Financial Institutions  

April 15, 2025 - Carly Hughes

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Macroeconomics: US Caught in Global Trade Trap

Base Metals trade United states

7 February 2025: Donald Trump is threatening to raise tariffs for many countries, as a bargaining tool. The problem is that the country has become…

February 7, 2025 - Dan Smith

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Base Metals & China – Why So Glum?

Base Metals China economics

24 January 2025: China is a crucial driver for the LME metal markets and financial market sentiment still looks depressed in the country, with equity…

January 24, 2025 - Dan Smith

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Base Metals & Trump: Rhetoric v Reality

Base Metals economics Trump

9 January 2025: Donald Trump will start his second term as US President on 20 January and his approach is likely to be radically different…

January 10, 2025 - Dan Smith

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Base Metals Review of Year and Look Ahead Dec24

Base Metals China Electric vehicle

Our latest Youtube video is now available giving our review of base metal market trends in 2024 and look ahead to 2025. Click on the…

December 13, 2024 - Dan Smith

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Base Metals: Bulls to Dominate, Amid Tight Fundamentals

Base Metals LME speculators

24 September 2024: The LME base metals complex saw mixed price trends in the past year, with aluminium, copper and zinc all up, while tin…

September 26, 2024

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Base Metals: Algo Signals and Momentum Modelling

algorithmic Base Metals trading

24 July 2024: Base metal prices are driven by a combination of fundamental and technical drivers. One important part of technical analysis is to understand…

July 25, 2024

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Base Metals: Speculative Bubbles Build

Base Metals Copper Lead Nickel Primary Aluminium Tin Zinc

12 April 2024: After a weak start to 2024, base metal prices jumped in March and early April, mainly driven by speculative forces. There are…

April 15, 2024

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AMT Insight – Base metals outlook video – why, where, what next?

Base Metals Copper Primary Aluminium Tin

Get the latest insights on base metals via our research video, which is now available for clients on Youtube. See link below. https://youtu.be/mayVdpMry7g The base…

February 27, 2024

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