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To: Paul Shread who wrote (20530)	11/9/2001 5:41:45 PM
From: Shack	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 209892

My guess is they covered tons on the 30th and 31st. I wish I had. New highs likely coming soon but until they are net long the bear grinds on, even if we are in the last part of this leg. BTW, did you see they are short 100K on the ES mini? That's like 20K of the bigger contract.

To: Paul Shread who wrote (20530)	11/9/2001 6:44:42 PM
From: patron_anejo_por_favor	Respond to of 209892

That's true, but the SPX commercial shorts increased, including a massive increase on the commercial short SPX Emini: S&P 500 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 11/06/01 \| -------------------------------------------------------------\| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL \| COMMERCIAL \| TOTAL \| POSITIONS --------------------------\|----------------\|-----------------\|---------------- LONG \| SHORT \|SPREADING\| LONG \| SHORT \| LONG \| SHORT \| LONG \| SHORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (S&P 500 INDEX X $250.00) OPEN INTEREST: 542,107 COMMITMENTS 27,830 39,472 5,364 376,807 416,063 410,001 460,899 132,106 81,208 CHANGES FROM 10/30/01 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,229) 205 -4,213 125 -661 2,334 -331 -1,754 8,560 9,983 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 5.1 7.3 1.0 69.5 76.7 75.6 85.0 24.4 15.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 144) 15 17 12 88 65 111 87 E-MINI S&P 500 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 11/06/01 \| -------------------------------------------------------------\| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL \| COMMERCIAL \| TOTAL \| POSITIONS --------------------------\|----------------\|-----------------\|---------------- LONG \| SHORT \|SPREADING\| LONG \| SHORT \| LONG \| SHORT \| LONG \| SHORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ($50 X S&P 500 INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 201,405 COMMITMENTS 55,548 35,885 1,611 45,154 145,814 102,313 183,310 99,092 18,095 CHANGES FROM 10/30/01 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 43,615) -11,751 4,615 184 5,111 40,501 -6,456 45,300 50,071 -1,685 Next week's featured paired trade: Long Broke-Aid, short GM?<G>