COT: Managed money shorts down 5%; net 38k short.COT shows managed money continued to close out shorts, and add longs. HOWEVER, this was at a much slower rate than last week, when nearly 1/2 of their shorts were closed. MM Shorts down 7300, to 137k. MM Longs up 4000, to 99k. So, MM net is 38K short. Producers are net 68k short; having added 4400 shorts, and taking off 1500 longs. These are numbers as of last Tuesday (Oct 23) and released on Friday. https://www.cftc.gov/dea/futures/other_lf.htm