SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/02/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 167,853 COMMITMENTS 40,600 10,547 51,749 32,917 87,950 125,267 150,246 42,586 17,607 CHANGES FROM 04/25/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -4,786) -1,787 3,411 625 -1,435 -7,425 -2,598 -3,388 -2,188 -1,398 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 24.2 6.3 30.8 19.6 52.4 74.6 89.5 25.4 10.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 172) 97 32 58 26 39 145 108 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/02/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 87,797 COMMITMENTS 14,906 17,058 10,127 46,112 47,703 71,145 74,888 16,652 12,910 CHANGES FROM 04/25/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -10,833) -1,460 -2,058 -2,743 -4,047 -3,535 -8,250 -8,337 -2,582 -2,496 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 17.0 19.4 11.5 52.5 54.3 81.0 85.3 19.0 14.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 132) 50 38 32 36 28 106 81 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/02/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 492,358 COMMITMENTS 174,401 46,936 130,135 111,488 283,177 416,024 460,248 76,335 32,110 CHANGES FROM 04/25/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 26,917) 1,712 2,330 15,588 5,401 7,399 22,702 25,317 4,215 1,599 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 35.4 9.5 26.4 22.6 57.5 84.5 93.5 15.5 6.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 289) 173 62 90 35 49 243 167
Updated May 5, 2006