SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/16/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 165,977 COMMITMENTS 33,863 10,451 55,010 34,702 82,883 123,575 148,345 42,401 17,632 CHANGES FROM 05/09/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,869) -4,413 145 665 437 -3,825 -3,311 -3,014 1,442 1,145 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 20.4 6.3 33.1 20.9 49.9 74.5 89.4 25.5 10.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 174) 91 35 65 28 40 150 113 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/16/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 88,477 COMMITMENTS 12,602 15,168 11,234 49,466 49,928 73,302 76,330 15,175 12,147 CHANGES FROM 05/09/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -703) -1,475 20 35 702 -1,638 -737 -1,583 34 879 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 14.2 17.1 12.7 55.9 56.4 82.8 86.3 17.2 13.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 129) 48 36 34 36 28 102 84 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/16/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 495,983 COMMITMENTS 157,633 38,411 143,212 119,541 278,802 420,387 460,425 75,596 35,558 CHANGES FROM 05/09/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -9,706) -14,058 -3,943 1,958 2,222 -9,487 -9,878 -11,473 172 1,766 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 31.8 7.7 28.9 24.1 56.2 84.8 92.8 15.2 7.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 282) 160 72 98 33 43 237 172
Updated May 19, 2006