SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/03/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 120,662 COMMITMENTS 37,367 17,941 16,935 31,153 76,021 85,455 110,896 35,207 9,766 CHANGES FROM 04/26/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -6,675) -7,580 13,999 -1,562 5,858 -14,841 -3,284 -2,405 -3,391 -4,270 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 31.0 14.9 14.0 25.8 63.0 70.8 91.9 29.2 8.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 173) 91 34 46 28 35 140 98 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/03/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 110,419 COMMITMENTS 34,121 14,513 21,948 40,867 60,827 96,936 97,288 13,484 13,131 CHANGES FROM 04/26/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -8,618) -517 2,437 -2,222 -4,042 -8,997 -6,780 -8,782 -1,838 164 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 30.9 13.1 19.9 37.0 55.1 87.8 88.1 12.2 11.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 177) 62 55 34 42 42 124 116 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/03/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 360,277 COMMITMENTS 153,235 36,671 59,028 93,026 241,829 305,288 337,528 54,990 22,750 CHANGES FROM 04/26/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -16,344) -22,590 10,107 -154 9,363 -26,014 -13,381 -16,062 -2,963 -283 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 42.5 10.2 16.4 25.8 67.1 84.7 93.7 15.3 6.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 249) 136 55 58 39 42 203 133
Updated May 6, 2005