Commercials INCREASED SPoo short position!
S&P 500 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 09/04/01 | -------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADING| LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (S&P 500 INDEX X $250.00) OPEN INTEREST: 530,410 COMMITMENTS 28,513 33,602 4,191 350,626 430,613 383,330 468,406 147,080 62,004
CHANGES FROM 08/28/01 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 18,174) 2,616 3,786 1,640 7,884 8,745 12,140 14,171 6,034 4,003
EDIT: ..and they MASSIVELY increased EMini SPX short:
E-MINI S&P 500 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 09/04/01 | -------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADING| LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ($50 X S&P 500 INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 155,927 COMMITMENTS 63,237 56,749 63 41,409 84,742 104,709 141,554 51,218 14,373
CHANGES FROM 08/28/01 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 17,528) 11,753 7,203 -177 2,658 11,219 14,234 18,245 3,294 -717 |