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To: marginmike who wrote (5538)	12/11/2000 12:50:21 AM
From: J.T.	Respond to of 19219

mike, look closely- they are barely long the NDX Stock Index but short the NDX (mini) by more than 2 to 1: NASDAQ-100 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 12/05/00 \| -------------------------------------------------------------\| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL \| COMMERCIAL \| TOTAL \| POSITIONS --------------------------\|----------------\|-----------------\|---------------- LONG \| SHORT \|SPREADING\| LONG \| SHORT \| LONG \| SHORT \| LONG \| SHORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (NASDAQ 100 INDEX X $100) OPEN INTEREST: 53,656 COMMITMENTS 7,777 6,573 1,352 33,892 31,772 43,021 39,697 10,635 13,959 CHANGES FROM 11/28/00 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,958) -30 -19 122 4,787 3,340 4,879 3,443 79 1,515 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 14.5 12.3 2.5 63.2 59.2 80.2 74.0 19.8 26.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 110) 21 25 8 50 36 76 64 NASDAQ-100 STOCK INDEX (MINI) - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 12/05/00 \| -------------------------------------------------------------\| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL \| COMMERCIAL \| TOTAL \| POSITIONS --------------------------\|----------------\|-----------------\|---------------- LONG \| SHORT \|SPREADING\| LONG \| SHORT \| LONG \| SHORT \| LONG \| SHORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ( NASDAQ 100 STOCK INDEX X $20) OPEN INTEREST: 76,780 COMMITMENTS 20,562 18,756 2,601 22,758 50,664 45,921 72,021 30,859 4,759 CHANGES FROM 11/28/00 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 7,230) 6,486 -574 314 -1,558 7,307 5,242 7,047 1,988 183 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 26.8 24.4 3.4 29.6 66.0 59.8 93.8 40.2 6.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 71) 29 16 8 16 15 48 36 Hey Nemer- you want to chime in here with your expertise on trading the "mini" . Best Regards, J.T.