Commitments Report on On CME Nasdaq Futures
So Far The Commercials Are Still Short
01/05/2001 Dow Jones News Services (Copyright © 2001 Dow Jones & Company, Inc.)
NASDAQ-100 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 01/02/01 : =============================================================: NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL : COMMERCIAL : TOTAL : POSITIONS ==========================:================:=================:================ LONG : SHORT :SPREADING: LONG : SHORT : LONG : SHORT : LONG : SHORT ============================================================================== (NASDAQ 100 INDEX X $100) OPEN INTEREST: 44,091 COMMITMENTS 7,840 4,987 497 25,499 27,324 33,836 32,808 10,255 11,283 CHANGES FROM 26/12/00 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 515) 1,612 -100 -136 -2,243 -2,987 -767 -3,223 1,282 3,738 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 17.8 11.3 1.1 57.8 62.0 76.7 74.4 23.3 25.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 103) 23 15 2 47 29 71 45 NASDAQ-100 STOCK INDEX (MINI) - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 01/02/01 : =============================================================: NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL : COMMERCIAL : TOTAL : POSITIONS ==========================:================:=================:================ LONG : SHORT :SPREADING: LONG : SHORT : LONG : SHORT : LONG : SHORT ============================================================================== ( NASDAQ 100 STOCK INDEX X $20) OPEN INTEREST: 45,615 COMMITMENTS 19,054 8,950 753 7,339 32,397 27,146 42,100 18,469 3,515 CHANGES FROM 26/12/00 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,619) -3,458 1,730 297 3,985 1,831 824 3,858 3,795 761 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 41.8 19.6 1.7 16.1 71.0 59.5 92.3 40.5 7.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 64) 23 16 3 15 14 40 31 |