VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1170E1 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 05/16/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($100 X VBI) OPEN INTEREST: 33,705 COMMITMENTS 5,520 7,581 1,517 23,730 21,480 30,767 30,578 2,938 3,127 CHANGES FROM 05/09/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,512) -1,638 -611 971 3,560 2,445 2,893 2,805 619 707 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 16.4 22.5 4.5 70.4 63.7 91.3 90.7 8.7 9.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 53) 20 10 18 8 5 44 30
Updated May 19, 2006