GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 11/29/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 350,225 COMMITMENTS 199,521 40,616 29,998 70,700 251,219 300,219 321,833 50,006 28,392
CHANGES FROM 11/22/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -378) -2,244 1,833 -3,294 14,320 14,598 8,782 13,137 -9,160 -13,515
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 57.0 11.6 8.6 20.2 71.7 85.7 91.9 14.3 8.1
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 247) 135 53 35 33 44 192 113
S&P 500 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE Code-138741 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 11/29/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (S&P 500 INDEX X $250.00) OPEN INTEREST: 664,728 COMMITMENTS 62,037 70,489 5,635 460,626 466,586 528,298 542,710 136,430 122,018
CHANGES FROM 11/22/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,215) 1,525 1,610 326 6,157 1,759 8,008 3,695 -3,793 520
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 9.3 10.6 0.8 69.3 70.2 79.5 81.6 20.5 18.4
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 186) 33 37 14 84 60 127 102 E-MINI S&P 500 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE Code-13874A FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 11/29/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($50 X S&P 500 INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 1,246,705 COMMITMENTS 232,185 269,327 21,224 623,937 854,080 877,346 1144631 369,359 102,074
CHANGES FROM 11/22/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 36,164) 22,394 -47,445 -5,479 4,299 110,498 21,214 57,574 14,950 -21,410
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 18.6 21.6 1.7 50.0 68.5 70.4 91.8 29.6 8.2
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 211) 63 53 19 66 63 139 125
CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 11/29/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 789,385 COMMITMENTS 150,946 189,901 59,994 441,366 347,702 652,306 597,597 137,079 191,788
CHANGES FROM 11/22/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -58,294) -11,413 2,024 -23,708 -14,176 -50,276 -49,297 -71,960 -8,997 13,666
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 19.1 24.1 7.6 55.9 44.0 82.6 75.7 17.4 24.3
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 528) 142 122 93 171 183 355 374
CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE Code-067651 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 11/29/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS) OPEN INTEREST: 836,948 COMMITMENTS 121,151 164,924 125,868 541,974 476,674 788,993 767,466 47,955 69,482
CHANGES FROM 11/22/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 31,421) 5,681 6,390 8,598 14,065 9,989 28,344 24,977 3,077 6,444
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 14.5 19.7 15.0 64.8 57.0 94.3 91.7 5.7 8.3
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 252) 55 98 89 76 79 195 212 |