SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/08/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 146,644 COMMITMENTS 33,392 8,185 50,525 28,987 75,075 112,903 133,785 33,741 12,859 CHANGES FROM 08/01/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 13,071) 4,733 -221 6,017 327 4,458 11,076 10,253 1,994 2,817 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 22.8 5.6 34.5 19.8 51.2 77.0 91.2 23.0 8.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 161) 91 30 55 22 32 137 98 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/08/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 73,948 COMMITMENTS 9,425 16,147 7,604 45,597 38,658 62,626 62,409 11,322 11,539 CHANGES FROM 08/01/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 867) 742 1,020 -2,029 1,261 1,020 -26 11 893 856 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.7 21.8 10.3 61.7 52.3 84.7 84.4 15.3 15.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 124) 30 38 28 39 27 92 83 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/08/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 402,899 COMMITMENTS 137,723 30,760 115,699 91,164 238,560 344,587 385,020 58,312 17,880 CHANGES FROM 08/01/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,290) 6,198 1,612 3,464 1,110 5,684 10,772 10,760 -2,482 -2,470 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 34.2 7.6 28.7 22.6 59.2 85.5 95.6 14.5 4.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 251) 150 49 82 42 41 226 139
Updated August 11, 2006