WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 442,208 COMMITMENTS 72,091 58,997 103,825 228,457 221,577 404,373 384,400 37,835 57,808 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,393) -4,304 2,880 4,260 1,822 -4,070 1,778 3,070 1,615 323 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 16.3 13.3 23.5 51.7 50.1 91.4 86.9 8.6 13.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 340) 117 104 135 58 79 269 256 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,259,596 COMMITMENTS 236,751 87,157 267,317 572,009 608,517 1076077 962,991 183,519 296,605 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,529) 1,225 6,900 -4,454 16,294 1,235 13,066 3,681 -8,537 848 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 18.8 6.9 21.2 45.4 48.3 85.4 76.5 14.6 23.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 650) 190 107 182 245 280 534 504 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 12,117 COMMITMENTS 5,120 157 512 2,560 9,535 8,191 10,204 3,926 1,914 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -115) -407 -102 -18 286 -204 -140 -323 24 208 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 42.3 1.3 4.2 21.1 78.7 67.6 84.2 32.4 15.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 42) 19 3 4 14 15 35 21 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 415,441 COMMITMENTS 53,282 64,474 92,528 200,753 149,346 346,563 306,348 68,878 109,093 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,277) -3,775 5,794 -1,931 1,294 -8,389 -4,412 -4,526 1,135 1,248 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.8 15.5 22.3 48.3 35.9 83.4 73.7 16.6 26.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 378) 91 131 136 113 120 303 308 MINI SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (THOUSAND BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 15,121 COMMITMENTS 9,300 4,514 1,184 0 0 10,484 5,698 4,637 9,423 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 583) 798 707 68 0 0 866 775 -283 -192 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 61.5 29.9 7.8 0.0 0.0 69.3 37.7 30.7 62.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 28) 15 13 8 0 0 17 19 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 221,938 COMMITMENTS 45,587 17,402 40,710 109,692 145,429 195,990 203,541 25,948 18,397 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 2,133) 3,690 502 -1,940 1,470 4,980 3,220 3,542 -1,087 -1,409 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 20.5 7.8 18.3 49.4 65.5 88.3 91.7 11.7 8.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 168) 55 37 42 49 49 133 112 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 787,324 COMMITMENTS 40,073 81,001 144,023 472,162 366,794 656,257 591,818 131,067 195,507 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -47,783) -5,740 610 -5,119 -22,836 -21,863 -33,695 -26,372 -14,089 -21,411 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 5.1 10.3 18.3 60.0 46.6 83.4 75.2 16.6 24.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 160) 38 30 49 73 77 129 138 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 164,637 COMMITMENTS 20,049 36,709 33,981 81,627 65,641 135,657 136,331 28,981 28,306 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 4,675) -790 1,215 2,068 480 217 1,757 3,500 2,918 1,175 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.2 22.3 20.6 49.6 39.9 82.4 82.8 17.6 17.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 175) 39 59 50 53 48 124 136 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 12,899 COMMITMENTS 4,262 255 1,391 4,238 9,493 9,891 11,139 3,008 1,760 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 478) 66 -167 182 117 232 365 247 113 232 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 33.0 2.0 10.8 32.9 73.6 76.7 86.4 23.3 13.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 62) 25 6 9 22 21 52 31 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 481,075 COMMITMENTS 122,245 138,478 9,519 260,255 206,248 392,019 354,245 89,056 126,830 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 25,652) 7,165 8,566 -2,964 27,547 17,756 31,748 23,359 -6,096 2,294 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 25.4 28.8 2.0 54.1 42.9 81.5 73.6 18.5 26.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 141) 24 37 14 61 56 95 97 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 2,757,922 COMMITMENTS 631,026 492,308 392,452 1465726 1403390 2489204 2288151 268,718 469,772 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -43,964) -1,542 -48,552 -29,642 -3,098 27,724 -34,282 -50,471 -9,682 6,506 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 22.9 17.9 14.2 53.1 50.9 90.3 83.0 9.7 17.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 295) 62 89 91 115 121 227 251 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,425,088 COMMITMENTS 313,625 344,656 129,928 805,652 665,292 1249204 1139876 175,884 285,213 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -62,922) 4,216 -26,765 -20,478 -28,057 44,156 -44,320 -3,088 -18,602 -59,834 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 22.0 24.2 9.1 56.5 46.7 87.7 80.0 12.3 20.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 202) 36 56 44 76 89 139 162 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (INTEREST ON $5,000,000 FED FUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 920,694 COMMITMENTS 115,266 164,701 382,833 341,077 324,909 839,176 872,443 81,518 48,251 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 156,124) 16,985 25,054 46,803 69,769 81,186 133,556 153,044 22,567 3,080 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.5 17.9 41.6 37.0 35.3 91.1 94.8 8.9 5.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 141) 42 32 48 55 50 122 108 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 58,345 COMMITMENTS 12,282 7,731 8,484 25,727 31,649 46,493 47,864 11,852 10,481 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 13,132) 197 -1,087 7,824 6,663 4,864 14,685 11,602 -1,553 1,530 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 21.1 13.3 14.5 44.1 54.2 79.7 82.0 20.3 18.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 60) 19 10 17 25 18 51 38 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 121,640 COMMITMENTS 44,188 36,212 16,420 48,671 46,836 109,279 99,468 12,361 22,172 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 23,874) 2,314 4,996 10,937 8,270 10,945 21,521 26,879 2,352 -3,005 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 36.3 29.8 13.5 40.0 38.5 89.8 81.8 10.2 18.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 109) 30 42 33 28 26 83 77 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - 3MO - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/14/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 NOTIONAL PRINCIPA OPEN INTEREST: 14,702 COMMITMENTS 1,662 2,025 270 12,471 12,139 14,403 14,434 299 268 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -7,189) -5,761 -854 -236 -1,201 -6,054 -7,198 -7,144 9 -45 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.3 13.8 1.8 84.8 82.6 98.0 98.2 2.0 1.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 39) 4 12 4 14 12 20 26
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