VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1170E1 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 01/31/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($100 X VBI) OPEN INTEREST: 19,476 COMMITMENTS 3,055 3,691 428 10,323 13,001 13,806 17,120 5,670 2,356 CHANGES FROM 01/24/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,684) -271 96 -33 1,723 3,331 1,419 3,394 3,265 1,290 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 15.7 19.0 2.2 53.0 66.8 70.9 87.9 29.1 12.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 28) 14 3 9 5 4 25 14
Updated February 3, 2006