SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 07/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 135,165 COMMITMENTS 27,255 8,548 44,046 32,405 70,616 103,706 123,210 31,460 11,955 CHANGES FROM 07/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -760) -185 1,067 471 -1,304 -2,263 -1,019 -726 259 -34 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 20.2 6.3 32.6 24.0 52.2 76.7 91.2 23.3 8.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 154) 85 32 62 24 30 132 105 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 07/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 78,028 COMMITMENTS 10,812 14,498 10,318 45,767 41,265 66,897 66,081 11,131 11,947 CHANGES FROM 07/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,610) 234 1,380 640 1,210 -1,021 2,084 1,000 -474 611 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 13.9 18.6 13.2 58.7 52.9 85.7 84.7 14.3 15.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 139) 30 47 35 40 32 103 97 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 07/18/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 443,519 COMMITMENTS 139,173 33,737 136,668 104,896 247,700 380,737 418,105 62,782 25,414 CHANGES FROM 07/11/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 16,511) 1,795 -5,080 10,802 -258 9,061 12,339 14,782 4,172 1,728 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 31.4 7.6 30.8 23.7 55.8 85.8 94.3 14.2 5.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 258) 141 60 96 45 47 233 158
Updated July 21, 2006