WHEAT - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE Code-001612
Commitments of Traders - Futures Only, October 18, 2005
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: Total : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Positions
: Open : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Total :
: Interest : Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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: : (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) :
: : :
All : 120,791: 54,448 7,459 6,059 45,776 83,756 106,283 97,274: 14,508 23,517
Old : 100,815: 51,249 6,925 2,908 36,322 73,555 90,479 83,388: 10,336 17,427
Other: 19,976: 6,287 3,622 63 9,454 10,201 15,804 13,886: 4,172 6,090
: : :
: : Changes in Commitments from: October 11, 2005 :
: 5,863: 6,605 -442 2,386 3,881 2,637 12,872 4,581: -7,009 1,282
: : :
: : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
All : 100.0: 45.1 6.2 5.0 37.9 69.3 88.0 80.5: 12.0 19.5
Old : 100.0: 50.8 6.9 2.9 36.0 73.0 89.7 82.7: 10.3 17.3
Other: 100.0: 31.5 18.1 0.3 47.3 51.1 79.1 69.5: 20.9 30.5
: : :
:# Traders : Number of Traders in Each Category :
All : 179: 61 25 24 54 70 128 107:
Old : 172: 63 21 15 46 68 114 99:
Other: 99: 19 19 3 24 45 44 66:
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: Percent of Open Interest Held by the Indicated Number of the Largest Traders
: By Gross Position By Net Position
: 4 or Less Traders 8 or Less Traders 4 or Less Traders 8 or Less Traders
: Long: Short Long Short: Long Short Long Short
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All : 18.9 30.7 30.5 41.3 17.5 22.9 27.3 29.6
Old : 20.1 35.8 31.4 46.0 19.8 31.8 30.3 39.0
Other: 46.4 35.5 54.4 45.3 46.4 34.2 54.4 43.3
Updated October 21, 2005