VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1170E1 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 08/16/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($100 X VBI) OPEN INTEREST: 14,417 COMMITMENTS 5,689 2,238 490 4,015 9,156 10,194 11,884 4,223 2,533 CHANGES FROM 08/09/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 2,193) 193 -46 -74 730 376 849 256 1,344 1,937 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 39.5 15.5 3.4 27.8 63.5 70.7 82.4 29.3 17.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 44) 24 4 10 6 5 40 17
Updated August 19, 2005