SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 165,603 COMMITMENTS 63,053 7,098 30,030 35,563 114,592 128,646 151,720 36,957 13,883 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -4,235) -6,111 -1,880 662 2,534 1,903 -2,916 685 -1,320 -4,920 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 38.1 4.3 18.1 21.5 69.2 77.7 91.6 22.3 8.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 187) 91 41 56 27 49 145 121 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 104,447 COMMITMENTS 30,841 28,309 15,347 44,297 47,537 90,485 91,193 13,962 13,254 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,040) -2,023 267 -641 448 -2,154 -2,216 -2,529 -824 -511 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 29.5 27.1 14.7 42.4 45.5 86.6 87.3 13.4 12.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 177) 64 59 39 42 35 134 112 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/20/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 403,540 COMMITMENTS 185,562 24,357 67,776 85,161 282,719 338,499 374,852 65,041 28,687 CHANGES FROM 12/13/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -22,398) -5,112 -7,432 -5,365 -8,157 4,202 -18,633 -8,595 -3,765 -13,803 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 46.0 6.0 16.8 21.1 70.1 83.9 92.9 16.1 7.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 267) 157 49 72 41 44 229 140
Updated December 23, 2005