To: marginmike who wrote (9585 ) 12/15/2001 12:39:40 AM From: J.T. Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 19219 Gold and Silver COT: Commercials continue to load up Net Long Gold:GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 12/11/01 | -------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADING| LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 115,485 COMMITMENTS 25,806 47,523 10,014 54,864 41,238 90,684 98,775 24,801 16,710CHANGES FROM 12/04/01 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 10,462) -336 11,352 239 11,518 -4,642 11,421 6,949 -959 3,513 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 22.3 41.2 8.7 47.5 35.7 78.5 85.5 21.5 14.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 113) 32 44 20 25 25 69 81XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX But Commercials still Net Short Silver:SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. REPORTABLE POSITIONS AS OF 12/11/01 | -------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADING| LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 67,829 COMMITMENTS 32,823 24,919 609 16,269 34,499 49,701 60,027 18,128 7,802CHANGES FROM 12/04/01 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,522) 467 -4,384 -54 -3,910 1,141 -3,497 -3,297 -25 -225 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 48.4 36.7 0.9 24.0 50.9 73.3 88.5 26.7 11.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 86) 28 25 9 23 25 53 58 ***************************************************** Best Regards, J.T.