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To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (31087)	4/22/2005 8:29:44 PM
From: ild	Respond to of 110194

It looks like oil commercials thought that $50 per barrel was good price to buy. Their long position increased by 39,226 contracts CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/19/05 \| --------------------------------------------------------------\| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL \| COMMERCIAL \| TOTAL \| POSITIONS --------------------------\|-----------------\|-----------------\|----------------- LONG \| SHORT \|SPREADS \| LONG \| SHORT \| LONG \| SHORT \| LONG \| SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS) OPEN INTEREST: 822,215 COMMITMENTS 125,300 92,649 119,055 517,581 539,992 761,936 751,696 60,279 70,519 CHANGES FROM 04/12/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -14,403) -29,238 -2,239 -17,818 39,226 6,700 -7,830 -13,357 -6,573 -1,046 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 15.2 11.3 14.5 62.9 65.7 92.7 91.4 7.3 8.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 254) 68 82 84 84 89 207 207 cftc.gov

To: Wyätt Gwyön who wrote (31087)	4/27/2005 11:58:41 AM
From: ild	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 110194

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