SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/01/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 121,740 COMMITMENTS 49,215 4,067 21,373 17,060 83,866 87,648 109,305 34,092 12,434 CHANGES FROM 02/22/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -15,526) -399 -929 -7,149 -4,585 -2,715 -12,133 -10,794 -3,393 -4,733 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 40.4 3.3 17.6 14.0 68.9 72.0 89.8 28.0 10.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 157) 90 23 47 22 35 133 89 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/01/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 115,995 COMMITMENTS 49,286 15,143 16,409 34,259 74,632 99,954 106,184 16,041 9,811 CHANGES FROM 02/22/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 867) 4,813 1,773 -1,792 -2,169 689 851 670 16 197 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 42.5 13.1 14.1 29.5 64.3 86.2 91.5 13.8 8.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 166) 66 48 34 39 44 129 103 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/01/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 385,154 COMMITMENTS 137,675 51,729 81,245 104,850 229,127 323,769 362,101 61,385 23,054 CHANGES FROM 02/22/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 9,809) 14,103 -1,471 -2,091 -2,217 13,330 9,795 9,768 13 41 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 35.7 13.4 21.1 27.2 59.5 84.1 94.0 15.9 6.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 237) 132 40 61 40 50 196 135
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