SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/01/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 133,573 COMMITMENTS 28,659 8,406 44,508 28,660 70,617 101,827 123,531 31,746 10,042 CHANGES FROM 07/25/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 632) 1,680 643 101 -1,962 1,084 -181 1,828 814 -1,196 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 21.5 6.3 33.3 21.5 52.9 76.2 92.5 23.8 7.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 153) 83 30 55 23 31 131 97 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/01/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 73,081 COMMITMENTS 8,683 15,127 9,633 44,337 37,639 62,652 62,398 10,429 10,683 CHANGES FROM 07/25/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,981) 243 815 -1,404 -1,405 -1,165 -2,566 -1,754 585 -227 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.9 20.7 13.2 60.7 51.5 85.7 85.4 14.3 14.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 130) 27 41 35 39 27 98 90 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/01/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 394,609 COMMITMENTS 131,525 29,149 112,236 90,054 232,876 333,815 374,260 60,795 20,350 CHANGES FROM 07/25/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -37,803) 2,697 518 -26,554 -14,593 -14,851 -38,450 -40,886 647 3,083 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 33.3 7.4 28.4 22.8 59.0 84.6 94.8 15.4 5.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 240) 147 43 82 37 42 215 137
Updated August 4, 2006