WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 384,109 COMMITMENTS 67,789 75,895 53,034 232,786 202,563 353,609 331,492 30,500 52,617 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,952) 1,250 640 -1,998 978 1,978 230 620 -3,182 -3,572 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 17.6 19.8 13.8 60.6 52.7 92.1 86.3 7.9 13.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 313) 92 115 106 51 73 223 234 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,196,857 COMMITMENTS 294,748 85,143 182,376 559,139 650,803 1036263 918,322 160,594 278,535 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 15,800) 18,466 -9,170 3,814 1,622 23,161 23,902 17,805 -8,102 -2,005 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 24.6 7.1 15.2 46.7 54.4 86.6 76.7 13.4 23.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 686) 203 125 166 207 280 502 510 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 11,158 COMMITMENTS 4,076 851 662 2,969 7,602 7,707 9,115 3,451 2,043 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 464) 294 269 48 -23 251 319 568 145 -104 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 36.5 7.6 5.9 26.6 68.1 69.1 81.7 30.9 18.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 42) 17 5 7 11 14 32 25 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 375,811 COMMITMENTS 53,521 93,543 64,978 199,015 120,940 317,514 279,461 58,297 96,350 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -9,603) -2,617 -9,665 4,164 -8,135 2,082 -6,588 -3,419 -3,015 -6,184 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 14.2 24.9 17.3 53.0 32.2 84.5 74.4 15.5 25.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 411) 118 127 140 95 104 305 322 MINI SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (THOUSAND BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 14,854 COMMITMENTS 9,081 2,601 537 270 207 9,888 3,345 4,966 11,509 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,400) -3,413 -2,284 -951 270 -11 -4,094 -3,246 694 -154 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 61.1 17.5 3.6 1.8 1.4 66.6 22.5 33.4 77.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 20) 9 9 8 1 1 14 14 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 200,881 COMMITMENTS 45,719 30,067 24,080 106,319 124,790 176,118 178,937 24,763 21,944 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,975) 2,238 -1,155 1,181 1,266 6,588 4,685 6,614 4,290 2,361 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 22.8 15.0 12.0 52.9 62.1 87.7 89.1 12.3 10.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 166) 49 41 37 50 44 122 110 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 732,388 COMMITMENTS 81,622 209,973 13,653 513,496 308,448 608,771 532,074 123,617 200,314 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 34,742) 3,413 17,379 2,244 24,722 -2,815 30,379 16,808 4,363 17,934 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 11.1 28.7 1.9 70.1 42.1 83.1 72.6 16.9 27.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 171) 30 53 28 64 62 109 128 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 170,048 COMMITMENTS 25,994 43,720 27,369 89,982 72,615 143,345 143,704 26,703 26,344 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -10,998) 783 -8,581 -3,869 -7,928 4,077 -11,014 -8,373 16 -2,625 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 15.3 25.7 16.1 52.9 42.7 84.3 84.5 15.7 15.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 188) 42 55 49 61 54 135 144 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 11,100 COMMITMENTS 3,532 211 769 3,999 8,682 8,300 9,662 2,800 1,438 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 190) 120 -3 31 30 208 181 236 9 -46 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 31.8 1.9 6.9 36.0 78.2 74.8 87.0 25.2 13.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 51) 20 6 9 17 19 41 30 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 487,287 COMMITMENTS 172,176 148,086 1,548 213,092 228,746 386,816 378,380 100,471 108,907 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 14,943) 18,780 -3,473 -2,001 -7,771 25,576 9,008 20,102 5,935 -5,159 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 35.3 30.4 0.3 43.7 46.9 79.4 77.7 20.6 22.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 156) 35 43 7 51 55 90 101 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 2,319,940 COMMITMENTS 705,614 529,132 78,893 1313185 1292773 2097692 1900798 222,248 419,142 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 73,192) 26,929 23,127 7,476 28,735 38,146 63,140 68,749 10,052 4,443 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 30.4 22.8 3.4 56.6 55.7 90.4 81.9 9.6 18.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 301) 73 80 45 103 110 194 217 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,269,306 COMMITMENTS 277,321 271,625 35,603 754,979 657,432 1067903 964,660 201,403 304,646 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 41,500) 13,156 3,220 -2,189 9,287 41,217 20,254 42,248 21,246 -748 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 21.8 21.4 2.8 59.5 51.8 84.1 76.0 15.9 24.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 194) 48 45 25 64 75 118 139 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (INTEREST ON $5,000,000 FED FUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 550,194 COMMITMENTS 205,644 197,181 95,324 197,671 226,406 498,639 518,911 51,555 31,283 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 13,238) 31,081 4,535 1,883 -14,324 8,393 18,640 14,811 -5,402 -1,573 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 37.4 35.8 17.3 35.9 41.2 90.6 94.3 9.4 5.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 132) 41 29 41 51 46 111 98 GOLD, 100 TROY OZ - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-088606 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 17,077 COMMITMENTS 5,666 5,227 221 2,394 5,459 8,281 10,907 8,796 6,170 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 245) -118 223 221 502 -113 605 331 -360 -86 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 33.2 30.6 1.3 14.0 32.0 48.5 63.9 51.5 36.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 23) 10 6 1 4 5 14 12 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 44,388 COMMITMENTS 11,035 7,174 3 20,489 29,738 31,527 36,915 12,861 7,473 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 890) 906 243 1 -198 -27 709 217 181 673 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 24.9 16.2 0.0 46.2 67.0 71.0 83.2 29.0 16.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 55) 19 9 2 18 12 38 22 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 76,484 COMMITMENTS 51,643 16,052 555 14,698 33,872 66,896 50,479 9,588 26,005 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,942) 1,376 -5,806 116 3,103 8,373 4,595 2,683 347 2,259 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 67.5 21.0 0.7 19.2 44.3 87.5 66.0 12.5 34.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 89) 30 23 5 17 24 49 50 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - 3MO - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 NOTIONAL PRINCIPA OPEN INTEREST: 13,756 COMMITMENTS 2,951 2,709 239 10,165 10,629 13,355 13,577 401 179 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 425) 1,027 430 0 -639 20 388 450 37 -25 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 21.5 19.7 1.7 73.9 77.3 97.1 98.7 2.9 1.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 42) 6 14 4 13 12 21 28
Updated April 21, 2006