No much spec longs were liquidated last Thursday
GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/25/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 354,108 COMMITMENTS 175,346 45,968 55,672 62,298 229,153 293,316 330,793 60,792 23,315
CHANGES FROM 04/18/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 351) -2,524 -1,608 1,024 3,956 -1,713 2,456 -2,297 -2,105 2,648
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 49.5 13.0 15.7 17.6 64.7 82.8 93.4 17.2 6.6
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 256) 148 50 41 30 43 207 110
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