SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/07/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 169,802 COMMITMENTS 59,906 9,802 40,398 30,620 103,273 130,924 153,473 38,878 16,329 CHANGES FROM 02/28/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 10,291) 4,352 -2,239 3,145 704 8,286 8,201 9,192 2,090 1,099 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 35.3 5.8 23.8 18.0 60.8 77.1 90.4 22.9 9.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 198) 103 36 55 35 49 166 116 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/07/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 89,377 COMMITMENTS 18,596 22,383 12,205 45,306 43,155 76,107 77,743 13,270 11,634 CHANGES FROM 02/28/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 278) -226 -2,151 537 -187 704 124 -910 154 1,188 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 20.8 25.0 13.7 50.7 48.3 85.2 87.0 14.8 13.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 162) 47 60 38 39 29 118 106 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 03/07/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 429,392 COMMITMENTS 164,992 45,181 88,662 111,150 263,921 364,804 397,764 64,588 31,628 CHANGES FROM 02/28/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,409) -3,373 3,328 560 2,767 -5,047 -45 -1,158 -1,363 -251 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 38.4 10.5 20.6 25.9 61.5 85.0 92.6 15.0 7.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 275) 158 62 85 36 44 228 163
Updated March 10, 2006