SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/17/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 122,362 COMMITMENTS 37,154 13,951 20,331 31,044 75,814 88,530 110,096 33,832 12,266 CHANGES FROM 05/10/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,482) 611 -1,239 436 -616 -226 430 -1,030 -1,912 -451 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 30.4 11.4 16.6 25.4 62.0 72.4 90.0 27.6 10.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 174) 93 38 55 26 35 143 106 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/17/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 99,590 COMMITMENTS 20,877 17,226 19,477 45,433 49,108 85,786 85,811 13,804 13,779 CHANGES FROM 05/10/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -9,563) -11,046 2,861 -3,870 4,480 -9,135 -10,436 -10,145 873 582 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 21.0 17.3 19.6 45.6 49.3 86.1 86.2 13.9 13.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 154) 47 51 40 43 36 108 114 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/17/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 342,871 COMMITMENTS 122,727 58,924 61,063 105,303 194,816 289,093 314,802 53,778 28,069 CHANGES FROM 05/10/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -8,814) -11,417 13,922 3,051 860 -29,470 -7,506 -12,497 -1,308 3,683 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 35.8 17.2 17.8 30.7 56.8 84.3 91.8 15.7 8.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 258) 127 74 63 46 42 202 153
Updated May 20, 2005