SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 211,416 COMMITMENTS 54,403 12,811 68,078 37,523 105,582 160,004 186,472 51,412 24,944 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 10,251) -2,634 320 8,584 355 -1,549 6,305 7,354 3,946 2,897 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 25.7 6.1 32.2 17.7 49.9 75.7 88.2 24.3 11.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 188) 96 42 74 29 42 160 128 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 105,592 COMMITMENTS 19,474 21,102 18,647 50,813 53,694 88,933 93,442 16,659 12,150 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,211) -1,909 -1,902 1,806 2,786 3,079 2,683 2,983 528 228 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 18.4 20.0 17.7 48.1 50.8 84.2 88.5 15.8 11.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 163) 68 44 48 39 34 133 104 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 04/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 463,444 COMMITMENTS 178,042 46,041 110,726 100,258 277,182 389,027 433,949 74,417 29,496 CHANGES FROM 04/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 24,275) 3,284 -669 16,432 -174 4,251 19,542 20,013 4,733 4,261 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 38.4 9.9 23.9 21.6 59.8 83.9 93.6 16.1 6.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 289) 162 68 88 36 49 236 169
Updated April 21, 2006