Commercials going nuclear short the SPX E-mini? Hmmmm....:
S&P 500 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE Code-138741
FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 11/29/05 |
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE
NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS
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LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT
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(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
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($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 |
