WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 301,415 COMMITMENTS 55,312 100,535 27,805 188,338 135,907 271,455 264,247 29,960 37,168 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,388) -654 -12,562 3,191 -4,282 5,671 -1,745 -3,700 357 2,312 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 18.4 33.4 9.2 62.5 45.1 90.1 87.7 9.9 12.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 283) 80 116 61 47 61 169 204 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 773,337 COMMITMENTS 163,891 174,292 48,197 421,545 361,831 633,633 584,320 139,704 189,017 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,191) 3,784 -13,971 -2,957 -20 19,368 807 2,440 2,384 751 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 21.2 22.5 6.2 54.5 46.8 81.9 75.6 18.1 24.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 513) 141 106 77 163 190 339 351 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 9,100 COMMITMENTS 4,806 436 0 1,250 7,094 6,056 7,530 3,044 1,570 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,118) -672 -196 -65 -46 -628 -783 -889 -335 -229 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 52.8 4.8 0.0 13.7 78.0 66.5 82.7 33.5 17.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 41) 17 5 0 10 16 27 21 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 294,849 COMMITMENTS 54,193 47,946 33,456 151,604 130,977 239,253 212,379 55,596 82,470 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,962) 4,395 -14,374 409 -2,338 11,747 2,466 -2,218 2,496 7,180 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 18.4 16.3 11.3 51.4 44.4 81.1 72.0 18.9 28.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 332) 97 84 99 93 108 258 247 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 180,918 COMMITMENTS 29,914 50,206 24,617 104,644 84,569 159,175 159,392 21,743 21,526 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -21,135) -2,052 -656 -7,921 -14,077 -14,341 -24,050 -22,918 2,915 1,783 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 16.5 27.8 13.6 57.8 46.7 88.0 88.1 12.0 11.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 165) 40 49 36 51 41 110 121 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 562,932 COMMITMENTS 58,847 96,786 5,416 380,035 306,992 444,298 409,194 118,634 153,738 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 15,402) 9,942 -11,469 -1,070 -2,887 37,595 5,985 25,056 9,417 -9,654 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 10.5 17.2 1.0 67.5 54.5 78.9 72.7 21.1 27.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 132) 18 36 12 52 60 77 102 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 139,295 COMMITMENTS 28,473 15,527 19,275 61,984 83,248 109,732 118,050 29,563 21,245 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -611) 4,359 -2,374 1,330 -7,294 840 -1,605 -204 994 -407 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 20.4 11.1 13.8 44.5 59.8 78.8 84.7 21.2 15.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 138) 42 30 33 47 46 111 94 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 8,406 COMMITMENTS 3,415 246 361 2,315 6,790 6,091 7,397 2,315 1,009 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -159) 309 -111 -474 74 490 -91 -95 -68 -64 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 40.6 2.9 4.3 27.5 80.8 72.5 88.0 27.5 12.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 49) 18 3 5 15 15 35 22 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 365,759 COMMITMENTS 117,904 63,115 5,563 179,684 195,484 303,151 264,162 62,608 101,597 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,961) 7,253 -8,273 -606 3,285 19,756 9,932 10,877 -971 -1,916 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 32.2 17.3 1.5 49.1 53.4 82.9 72.2 17.1 27.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 120) 24 24 7 42 54 68 83 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,600,491 COMMITMENTS 399,380 290,688 31,924 974,624 896,326 1405928 1218938 194,563 381,553 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -113,092) -52,481 -50,043 -10,427 -28,359 -50,327 -91,267 -110,797 -21,825 -2,295 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 25.0 18.2 2.0 60.9 56.0 87.8 76.2 12.2 23.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 238) 52 67 34 73 95 148 173 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,101,948 COMMITMENTS 226,888 236,957 5,417 724,335 597,707 956,640 840,081 145,308 261,867 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -37,619) 2,121 -13,368 -1,040 -19,535 -11,408 -18,454 -25,816 -19,165 -11,803 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 20.6 21.5 0.5 65.7 54.2 86.8 76.2 13.2 23.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 171) 32 42 11 60 73 98 120 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (INTEREST ON $5,000,000 FED FUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 429,431 COMMITMENTS 162,970 79,026 81,342 145,380 245,316 389,692 405,684 39,739 23,747 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 35,267) 24,222 -3,743 -1,110 10,278 37,610 33,390 32,757 1,877 2,510 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 38.0 18.4 18.9 33.9 57.1 90.7 94.5 9.3 5.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 117) 26 29 34 43 48 90 93 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 37,594 COMMITMENTS 11,274 6,096 4 14,793 26,759 26,071 32,859 11,523 4,735 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -26,675) -1,347 -2,280 -6,138 -21,458 -2,563 -28,943 -10,981 2,268 -15,694 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 30.0 16.2 0.0 39.3 71.2 69.3 87.4 30.7 12.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 54) 15 9 2 18 14 34 25 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 54,517 COMMITMENTS 35,451 12,127 186 9,733 21,739 45,370 34,052 9,147 20,465 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -61,571) -14,255 -5,871 -11,983 -4,596 -50,373 -30,834 -68,227 -30,737 6,656 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 65.0 22.2 0.3 17.9 39.9 83.2 62.5 16.8 37.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 59) 24 13 1 12 14 36 28 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - 3MO - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 NOTIONAL PRINCIPA OPEN INTEREST: 33,619 COMMITMENTS 8,827 4,455 475 24,096 28,240 33,398 33,170 221 449 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,048) 56 201 -80 -2,041 -1,913 -2,065 -1,792 17 -256 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 26.3 13.3 1.4 71.7 84.0 99.3 98.7 0.7 1.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 51) 9 12 3 14 20 24 34
Updated December 23, 2005