SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/02/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 138,037 COMMITMENTS 43,516 9,588 22,663 34,811 91,933 100,990 124,185 37,047 13,853 CHANGES FROM 07/26/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 440) 2,416 -9,740 989 -3,170 10,229 235 1,478 205 -1,038 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 31.5 6.9 16.4 25.2 66.6 73.2 90.0 26.8 10.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 170) 94 32 46 24 38 135 100 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/02/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 123,218 COMMITMENTS 46,948 26,676 21,650 38,797 58,678 107,395 107,004 15,823 16,214 CHANGES FROM 07/26/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,587) 4,183 2,257 1,264 -311 468 5,136 3,989 -549 599 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 38.1 21.6 17.6 31.5 47.6 87.2 86.8 12.8 13.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 213) 76 71 64 43 41 164 145 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/02/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 295,252 COMMITMENTS 119,229 49,881 46,263 71,960 178,522 237,451 274,666 57,801 20,586 CHANGES FROM 07/26/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,378) 6,406 -7,457 3,171 -8,248 6,337 1,329 2,050 -4,706 -5,428 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 40.4 16.9 15.7 24.4 60.5 80.4 93.0 19.6 7.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 238) 132 56 56 34 42 187 135
Updated August 5, 2005