WHEAT - MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN EXCHANGE OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/24/05 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 31,847 COMMITMENTS 2,360 3,579 2,181 19,676 16,517 24,217 22,276 7,630 9,571 CHANGES FROM 05/17/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,977) 695 -2,414 148 486 2,305 1,329 39 647 1,938 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 7.4 11.2 6.8 61.8 51.9 76.0 69.9 24.0 30.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 48) 9 13 10 23 15 38 32
Updated May 27, 2005