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GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 05/17/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 274,382 COMMITMENTS 124,569 68,625 20,727 81,363 161,224 226,659 250,576 47,723 23,806
CHANGES FROM 05/10/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -8,096) -10,150 14,284 1,000 1,991 -26,697 -7,159 -11,413 -937 3,317
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 45.4 25.0 7.6 29.7 58.8 82.6 91.3 17.4 8.7
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 232) 112 64 34 43 39 172 123
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