<<<commercials have their highest long CL position of the year>>>
Yes, but if you look at numbers that include options and futures then the commercials are still short a little
CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/30/04 |
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE
NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short
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(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,075,162
COMMITMENTS
88,023 43,245 240,745 686,263 712,069 1015031 996,058 60,131 79,103
CHANGES FROM 11/23/04 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,390)
-2,196 415 874 6,279 -2,254 4,958 -964 -6,347 -425
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER
8.2 4.0 22.4 63.8 66.2 94.4 92.6 5.6 7.4
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 236)
63 68 86 85 92 198 201
cftc.gov
We'll have new set of numbers tomorrow. |
