COTs
GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 05/31/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 255,995 COMMITMENTS 113,002 80,037 18,579 80,741 133,737 212,322 232,353 43,673 23,642
CHANGES FROM 05/24/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -16,753) -1,963 4,581 -1,067 -11,174 -18,641 -14,204 -15,127 -2,549 -1,626
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 44.1 31.3 7.3 31.5 52.2 82.9 90.8 17.1 9.2
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 224) 98 70 31 41 39 154 129 . . . CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 05/31/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS) OPEN INTEREST: 783,354 COMMITMENTS 83,989 101,390 133,243 512,236 473,136 729,468 707,769 53,886 75,585
CHANGES FROM 05/24/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 20,391) 3,422 6,504 11,723 4,381 -5,890 19,526 12,337 865 8,054
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 10.7 12.9 17.0 65.4 60.4 93.1 90.4 6.9 9.6
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 254) 51 96 94 81 92 198 224 . . S&P 500 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 05/31/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (S&P 500 INDEX X $250.00) OPEN INTEREST: 699,838 COMMITMENTS 57,075 68,455 14,294 481,001 495,001 552,370 577,750 147,468 122,088
CHANGES FROM 05/24/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,759) -2,698 -814 -1,575 -9,424 163 -13,697 -2,226 9,938 -1,533
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 8.2 9.8 2.0 68.7 70.7 78.9 82.6 21.1 17.4
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 181) 36 29 17 91 61 139 95
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