VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1170E1 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($100 X VBI) OPEN INTEREST: 7,682 COMMITMENTS 4,282 3,011 246 1,462 3,836 5,990 7,093 1,692 589 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,050) -104 -590 -166 -1,039 -5 -1,309 -761 259 -289 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 55.7 39.2 3.2 19.0 49.9 78.0 92.3 22.0 7.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 27) 14 4 7 2 3 23 12
Updated December 23, 2005