SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 07/26/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 137,598 COMMITMENTS 41,100 19,328 21,675 37,981 81,704 100,755 122,707 36,842 14,891 CHANGES FROM 07/19/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -8,458) -2,836 -2,765 -850 -3,715 -4,687 -7,402 -8,302 -1,057 -156 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 29.9 14.0 15.8 27.6 59.4 73.2 89.2 26.8 10.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 168) 87 39 47 24 35 131 102 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 07/26/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 118,631 COMMITMENTS 42,765 24,419 20,386 39,108 58,210 102,259 103,015 16,372 15,616 CHANGES FROM 07/19/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 2,906) 2,699 2,556 202 -5 -14 2,895 2,744 11 162 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 36.0 20.6 17.2 33.0 49.1 86.2 86.8 13.8 13.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 203) 69 70 59 45 43 156 140 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 07/26/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 298,630 COMMITMENTS 112,823 57,339 43,092 80,207 172,186 236,122 272,617 62,508 26,013 CHANGES FROM 07/19/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -32,032) -3,899 -2,223 -14,214 -14,585 -13,163 -32,698 -29,601 666 -2,431 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 37.8 19.2 14.4 26.9 57.7 79.1 91.3 20.9 8.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 247) 125 62 59 41 43 195 143
Updated July 29, 2005