SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/13/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 169,838 COMMITMENTS 69,164 8,979 29,368 33,029 112,689 131,561 151,035 38,277 18,803 CHANGES FROM 12/06/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,127) -6,477 -2,274 315 2,178 -3,277 -3,984 -5,236 857 2,109 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 40.7 5.3 17.3 19.4 66.4 77.5 88.9 22.5 11.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 195) 100 43 55 27 46 153 120 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/13/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 107,487 COMMITMENTS 32,864 28,042 15,989 43,849 49,691 92,701 93,722 14,785 13,765 CHANGES FROM 12/06/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -832) -359 329 -812 -667 -777 -1,838 -1,260 1,005 428 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 30.6 26.1 14.9 40.8 46.2 86.2 87.2 13.8 12.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 176) 68 55 39 40 34 133 111 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/13/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 425,938 COMMITMENTS 190,673 31,789 73,141 93,318 278,518 357,132 383,448 68,806 42,490 CHANGES FROM 12/06/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 12,716) -19,247 -8,720 10,520 11,405 2,623 2,678 4,423 10,038 8,293 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 44.8 7.5 17.2 21.9 65.4 83.8 90.0 16.2 10.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 271) 152 56 73 38 47 223 149
Updated December 16, 2005