SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 08/15/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 111,358 COMMITMENTS 36,719 8,978 26,466 21,360 68,455 84,545 103,899 26,813 7,459 CHANGES FROM 08/08/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 2,895) -845 -16 2,147 3,024 2,223 4,326 4,354 -1,431 -1,459 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 33.0 8.1 23.8 19.2 61.5 75.9 93.3 24.1 6.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 142) 77 19 38 20 29 117 77 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 08/15/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 74,277 COMMITMENTS 9,324 17,348 8,336 46,678 37,981 64,338 63,665 9,939 10,612 CHANGES FROM 08/08/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,892) -63 1,367 1,088 1,407 -293 2,432 2,162 -540 -270 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 12.6 23.4 11.2 62.8 51.1 86.6 85.7 13.4 14.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 133) 31 41 37 40 30 102 93 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 08/15/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 313,327 COMMITMENTS 132,019 31,475 65,293 61,402 196,531 258,714 293,299 54,613 20,028 CHANGES FROM 08/08/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,230) -6,952 -1,398 2,640 1,144 -5,652 -3,168 -4,410 7,398 8,640 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 42.1 10.0 20.8 19.6 62.7 82.6 93.6 17.4 6.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 219) 135 34 42 36 36 190 96
Updated August 18, 2006