WHEAT - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE Code-001612
Commitments of Traders - Futures Only, December 13, 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 : 120,060: 39,855 9,517 9,201 48,820 79,624 97,876 98,342: 22,184 21,718
Old : 80,764: 31,978 9,015 703 33,768 56,566 66,449 66,284: 14,315 14,480
Other: 39,296: 13,410 6,035 2,965 15,052 23,058 31,427 32,058: 7,869 7,238
: : :
: : Changes in Commitments from: December 6, 2005 :
: 4,659: 534 3,384 509 854 476 1,897 4,369: 2,762 290
: : :
: : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
All : 100.0: 33.2 7.9 7.7 40.7 66.3 81.5 81.9: 18.5 18.1
Old : 100.0: 39.6 11.2 0.9 41.8 70.0 82.3 82.1: 17.7 17.9
Other: 100.0: 34.1 15.4 7.5 38.3 58.7 80.0 81.6: 20.0 18.4
: : :
:# Traders : Number of Traders in Each Category :
All : 154: 60 18 32 46 49 115 96:
Old : 137: 52 20 7 35 45 88 71:
Other: 98: 26 20 12 27 36 56 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 : 23.6 43.6 34.9 52.7 18.0 37.2 26.2 41.5
Old : 29.9 50.0 40.8 56.5 29.0 48.5 39.7 54.7
Other: 33.0 49.3 47.2 60.1 33.0 47.0 46.0 55.3
Updated December 16, 2005