VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 08/09/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($100 X VBI) OPEN INTEREST: 12,224 COMMITMENTS 5,496 2,284 564 3,285 8,780 9,345 11,628 2,879 596 CHANGES FROM 08/02/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 46) 163 -240 -25 182 694 320 429 -274 -383 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 45.0 18.7 4.6 26.9 71.8 76.4 95.1 23.6 4.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 43) 24 3 9 6 6 38 17
Updated August 12, 2005