VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1170E1 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 05/02/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($100 X VBI) OPEN INTEREST: 27,618 COMMITMENTS 6,737 6,965 596 17,997 17,816 25,330 25,377 2,288 2,241 CHANGES FROM 04/25/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 695) 638 350 35 -169 17 504 402 191 293 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 24.4 25.2 2.2 65.2 64.5 91.7 91.9 8.3 8.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 51) 22 10 16 8 4 45 24
Updated May 5, 2006