Highlighting the #COT# #Metals# data this week is the recent increase in #Silver# speculator positions. Bullish bets by #speculators# in favor of Silver rose this week for a second straight week and have now climbed for five out of the past six weeks (adding a total of 29,246 contracts to the net standing). This bullishness has pushed the overall speculative net position in Silver over the +45,000 net contract threshold and to its highest level of the past twenty-two weeks, dating back to June 15th when the net position totaled 52,064 contracts.