WHEAT - MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN EXCHANGE OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/17/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 29,870 COMMITMENTS 1,665 5,992 2,033 19,189 14,212 22,887 22,238 6,983 7,633 CHANGES FROM 05/10/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,104) -129 2,224 341 1,560 165 1,772 2,731 -668 -1,627 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 5.6 20.1 6.8 64.2 47.6 76.6 74.4 23.4 25.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 44) 8 12 8 21 13 32 30
Updated May 20, 2005