SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/16/05 |
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NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS
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Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short
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(CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 137,300
COMMITMENTS
40,297 15,918 23,407 35,528 85,070 99,232 124,395 38,067 12,905
CHANGES FROM 08/09/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,007)
-2,178 3,067 -630 -838 -4,503 -3,646 -2,066 1,639 58
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER
29.3 11.6 17.0 25.9 62.0 72.3 90.6 27.7 9.4
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 180)
97 39 49 27 36 139 111
COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/16/05 |
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NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS
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Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short
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(CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 110,988
COMMITMENTS
41,770 24,948 15,180 39,960 57,116 96,910 97,244 14,078 13,744
CHANGES FROM 08/09/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -7,168)
-3,161 -1,993 -3,145 513 766 -5,794 -4,372 -1,374 -2,796
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER
37.6 22.5 13.7 36.0 51.5 87.3 87.6 12.7 12.4
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 199)
79 62 50 43 42 150 132
GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/16/05 |
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NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS
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Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short
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(CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 404,108
COMMITMENTS
209,234 46,187 62,305 70,705 272,116 342,244 380,609 61,864 23,499
CHANGES FROM 08/09/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 62,716)
41,184 400 11,756 4,653 48,207 57,594 60,363 5,122 2,353
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER
51.8 11.4 15.4 17.5 67.3 84.7 94.2 15.3 5.8
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 288)
159 63 68 37 54 227 158
Updated August 19, 2005