SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 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 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 166,953 COMMITMENTS 56,762 7,603 40,387 30,013 102,367 127,162 150,357 39,791 16,596 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,849) -3,144 -2,199 -11 -607 -906 -3,762 -3,116 913 267 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 34.0 4.6 24.2 18.0 61.3 76.2 90.1 23.8 9.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 199) 106 35 54 33 47 167 112 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 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 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 94,838 COMMITMENTS 20,144 20,201 15,685 45,403 46,755 81,233 82,641 13,605 12,197 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 5,461) 1,548 -2,182 3,481 97 3,600 5,126 4,898 335 563 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 21.2 21.3 16.5 47.9 49.3 85.7 87.1 14.3 12.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 167) 50 62 38 40 31 122 108 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 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 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 417,271 COMMITMENTS 141,542 45,876 89,632 119,001 253,312 350,174 388,820 67,097 28,451 CHANGES FROM 03/07/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -12,121) -23,450 695 970 7,850 -10,609 -14,630 -8,944 2,509 -3,177 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 33.9 11.0 21.5 28.5 60.7 83.9 93.2 16.1 6.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 276) 149 70 87 41 45 231 165
Updated March 17, 2006