WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 305,944 COMMITMENTS 43,769 79,216 47,752 182,863 138,045 274,383 265,012 31,561 40,932 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,700) -2,208 -3,386 4,985 736 6,511 3,513 8,110 5,187 590 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 14.3 25.9 15.6 59.8 45.1 89.7 86.6 10.3 13.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 263) 83 102 74 50 56 171 202 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 939,963 COMMITMENTS 124,442 116,060 172,966 482,835 436,294 780,242 725,320 159,721 214,644 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 6,568) 792 23,713 -4,285 -3,173 -2,412 -6,666 17,017 13,234 -10,448 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 13.2 12.3 18.4 51.4 46.4 83.0 77.2 17.0 22.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 579) 158 119 156 248 248 466 466 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 7,300 COMMITMENTS 2,818 276 625 1,410 4,898 4,853 5,800 2,447 1,500 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -57) -108 171 15 156 -224 63 -38 -120 -19 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 38.6 3.8 8.6 19.3 67.1 66.5 79.5 33.5 20.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 37) 13 6 5 12 14 28 22 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 351,366 COMMITMENTS 52,288 28,012 75,071 156,159 163,123 283,518 266,206 67,848 85,160 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,696) -6,975 2,847 1,353 2,773 -5,873 -2,849 -1,673 153 -1,024 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 14.9 8.0 21.4 44.4 46.4 80.7 75.8 19.3 24.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 377) 112 106 149 110 126 304 312 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 149,342 COMMITMENTS 17,739 22,123 28,887 80,917 81,971 127,544 132,981 21,798 16,361 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,900) -2,267 190 -788 -1,319 -3,492 -4,374 -4,090 2,474 2,190 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.9 14.8 19.3 54.2 54.9 85.4 89.0 14.6 11.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 139) 30 42 35 51 44 104 105 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 819,015 COMMITMENTS 103,225 58,734 128,367 430,783 436,361 662,375 623,463 156,640 195,552 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 17,064) 19,718 2,886 -7,225 -5,374 16,035 7,118 11,695 9,945 5,368 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.6 7.2 15.7 52.6 53.3 80.9 76.1 19.1 23.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 166) 41 24 43 71 84 127 136 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 123,929 COMMITMENTS 14,953 7,132 21,156 58,911 77,803 95,020 106,091 28,909 17,838 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,661) -349 1,368 117 3,712 1,903 3,481 3,389 180 272 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.1 5.8 17.1 47.5 62.8 76.7 85.6 23.3 14.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 128) 38 23 33 52 50 106 96 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 7,460 COMMITMENTS 2,755 1,296 1,221 1,978 2,890 5,954 5,407 1,506 2,053 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -167) 13 -0 -121 -52 -164 -161 -286 -6 119 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 36.9 17.4 16.4 26.5 38.7 79.8 72.5 20.2 27.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 48) 18 8 10 15 15 36 30 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 374,293 COMMITMENTS 101,792 87,141 2,867 219,775 172,660 324,434 262,668 49,859 111,625 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,851) -2,435 -14,522 1,736 4,305 13,229 3,606 443 -1,755 1,408 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 27.2 23.3 0.8 58.7 46.1 86.7 70.2 13.3 29.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 110) 16 22 3 48 49 65 73 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 2,631,849 COMMITMENTS 375,880 362,740 460,171 1552050 1365291 2388101 2188201 243,748 443,647 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -129,109) -57,991 -9,346 -4,635 -47,317 -90,036 -109,943 -104,016 -19,166 -25,092 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 14.3 13.8 17.5 59.0 51.9 90.7 83.1 9.3 16.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 274) 44 75 76 112 137 201 247 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,711,765 COMMITMENTS 155,560 381,371 195,446 1204071 830,473 1555078 1407291 156,687 304,474 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -107,354) -7,343 -18,330 -27,115 -71,987 -38,480 -106,445 -83,925 -908 -23,429 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 9.1 22.3 11.4 70.3 48.5 90.8 82.2 9.2 17.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 185) 34 48 45 75 94 133 163 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (INTEREST ON $5,000,000 FED FUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 636,891 COMMITMENTS 119,489 40,347 265,416 199,428 302,827 584,332 608,590 52,558 28,301 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 30,898) -3,038 145 14,318 22,903 23,540 34,183 38,002 -3,285 -7,104 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 18.8 6.3 41.7 31.3 47.5 91.7 95.6 8.3 4.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 119) 32 28 42 52 44 106 92 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 32,371 COMMITMENTS 7,860 6,021 458 16,480 19,006 24,798 25,484 7,573 6,886 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -873) -673 -279 -278 -64 438 -1,016 -119 142 -754 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 24.3 18.6 1.4 50.9 58.7 76.6 78.7 23.4 21.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 59) 14 14 7 20 13 38 30 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 69,169 COMMITMENTS 11,927 36,089 3,056 42,196 17,129 57,178 56,274 11,991 12,895 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -131) 348 -3,022 -207 -1,332 1,744 -1,191 -1,486 1,061 1,355 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 17.2 52.2 4.4 61.0 24.8 82.7 81.4 17.3 18.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 86) 23 34 15 19 17 51 57 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - 3MO - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 NOTIONAL PRINCIPA OPEN INTEREST: 43,059 COMMITMENTS 2,249 4,789 2,273 37,244 34,247 41,766 41,309 1,293 1,750 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,724) -5 77 1,000 2,745 2,671 3,740 3,748 984 976 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 5.2 11.1 5.3 86.5 79.5 97.0 95.9 3.0 4.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 59) 7 17 5 21 20 31 39
Updated August 26, 2005