SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/29/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 144,938 COMMITMENTS 33,871 9,031 46,055 30,229 76,590 110,155 131,676 34,783 13,262 CHANGES FROM 08/22/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -11,833) -715 574 -7,628 -3,618 -4,576 -11,961 -11,630 128 -203 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 23.4 6.2 31.8 20.9 52.8 76.0 90.8 24.0 9.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 146) 80 28 50 21 28 125 87 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/29/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 70,522 COMMITMENTS 8,156 19,644 6,950 45,327 33,294 60,433 59,888 10,089 10,634 CHANGES FROM 08/22/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,155) -55 1,509 -607 -1,776 -3,151 -2,437 -2,248 -717 -907 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.6 27.9 9.9 64.3 47.2 85.7 84.9 14.3 15.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 128) 22 48 32 39 30 90 94 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/29/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 390,836 COMMITMENTS 120,628 36,569 111,655 104,825 222,404 337,108 370,628 53,728 20,207 CHANGES FROM 08/22/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,589) -5,636 4,493 -3,297 9,018 -4,434 84 -3,239 -2,674 649 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 30.9 9.4 28.6 26.8 56.9 86.3 94.8 13.7 5.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 251) 146 53 79 42 41 217 145
Updated September 1, 2006