VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/15/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($100 X VBI) OPEN INTEREST: 12,014 COMMITMENTS 7,165 1,436 451 540 8,225 8,156 10,112 3,858 1,902 CHANGES FROM 03/08/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,623) 360 318 82 31 437 473 837 1,150 786 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 59.6 12.0 3.8 4.5 68.5 67.9 84.2 32.1 15.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 34) 23 4 5 3 4 29 11
Updated March 18, 2005