SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 02/21/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 178,558 COMMITMENTS 55,752 7,884 45,597 35,429 106,474 136,777 159,954 41,781 18,604 CHANGES FROM 02/14/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 7,936) 1,665 730 1,814 1,751 2,390 5,230 4,934 2,706 3,001 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 31.2 4.4 25.5 19.8 59.6 76.6 89.6 23.4 10.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 205) 110 39 66 30 46 170 125 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 02/21/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 94,524 COMMITMENTS 23,399 26,443 11,632 44,685 44,742 79,716 82,818 14,808 11,706 CHANGES FROM 02/14/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,988) -5,159 -2,522 1,774 880 -1,992 -2,504 -2,739 -484 -249 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 24.8 28.0 12.3 47.3 47.3 84.3 87.6 15.7 12.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 173) 61 55 39 45 35 131 111 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 02/21/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 431,192 COMMITMENTS 163,702 44,474 91,870 108,730 263,994 364,303 400,338 66,889 30,855 CHANGES FROM 02/14/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,238) -5,614 -2,300 3,229 228 -1,317 -2,156 -387 918 -851 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 38.0 10.3 21.3 25.2 61.2 84.5 92.8 15.5 7.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 278) 151 70 84 38 44 233 160
Updated February 24, 2006