VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1170E1 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($100 X VBI) OPEN INTEREST: 8,452 COMMITMENTS 3,695 2,277 543 2,610 4,924 6,848 7,744 1,604 708 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -5,965) -1,994 39 53 -1,405 -4,232 -3,346 -4,140 -2,619 -1,825 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 43.7 26.9 6.4 30.9 58.3 81.0 91.6 19.0 8.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 37) 16 3 11 6 6 32 19
Updated August 26, 2005