SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 132,064 COMMITMENTS 40,440 15,657 21,870 31,052 80,460 93,362 117,986 38,702 14,077 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -5,236) 143 -262 -1,538 -4,476 -4,610 -5,870 -6,409 634 1,173 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 30.6 11.9 16.6 23.5 60.9 70.7 89.3 29.3 10.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 182) 97 41 52 27 34 144 109 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 107,639 COMMITMENTS 38,388 25,834 14,314 39,460 52,469 92,162 92,617 15,477 15,022 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,349) -3,382 886 -866 -500 -4,646 -4,748 -4,626 1,399 1,278 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 35.7 24.0 13.3 36.7 48.7 85.6 86.0 14.4 14.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 192) 72 65 55 40 37 145 130 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/23/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 397,895 COMMITMENTS 206,672 41,954 61,389 70,462 271,834 338,523 375,177 59,373 22,718 CHANGES FROM 08/16/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -6,212) -2,562 -4,233 -916 -243 -281 -3,722 -5,431 -2,491 -781 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 51.9 10.5 15.4 17.7 68.3 85.1 94.3 14.9 5.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 289) 165 58 71 38 53 231 160
Updated August 26, 2005