Bill,
You have to be careful where your data comes from and which index it applies to.
As of 5/15/01 the commercials were long the DOW.
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 05/15/01 |
-------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE
NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS
--------------------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------
LONG | SHORT |SPREADING| LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT
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($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 32,915
COMMITMENTS
8,057 9,042 8 21,883 13,732 29,948 22,782 2,967 10,133
CHANGES FROM 05/08/01 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -624)
-1,803 -714 -522 1,043 360 -1,282 -876 658 252
(Ok what is the secret to posting tabular material?) |
