WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 540,934 COMMITMENTS 91,715 78,614 158,087 247,846 232,466 497,648 469,167 43,286 71,767 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,224) 271 -200 -3,198 788 -1,210 -2,139 -4,608 -85 2,384 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 17.0 14.5 29.2 45.8 43.0 92.0 86.7 8.0 13.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 398) 122 118 150 92 129 315 317 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,651,670 COMMITMENTS 353,668 79,268 376,883 740,380 918,474 1470931 1374624 180,739 277,045 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 35,120) 16,234 9,161 -3,922 20,218 29,151 32,531 34,390 2,590 730 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 21.4 4.8 22.8 44.8 55.6 89.1 83.2 10.9 16.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 719) 223 95 189 269 345 565 572 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 11,924 COMMITMENTS 2,713 658 498 5,835 9,272 9,047 10,428 2,877 1,496 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 260) 141 42 -90 -54 223 -4 175 264 85 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 22.8 5.5 4.2 48.9 77.8 75.9 87.5 24.1 12.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 42) 15 7 7 16 13 36 22 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 738,955 COMMITMENTS 172,417 27,479 193,656 284,558 396,405 650,632 617,540 88,324 121,415 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -40,178) 2,124 1,552 -26,698 -8,820 -6,884 -33,394 -32,029 -6,785 -8,149 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 23.3 3.7 26.2 38.5 53.6 88.0 83.6 12.0 16.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 549) 192 95 193 150 213 439 442 MINI SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (THOUSAND BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 20,771 COMMITMENTS 15,632 1,623 2,112 8 658 17,752 4,393 3,019 16,378 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -917) -768 293 318 -2 -194 -452 417 -465 -1,334 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 75.3 7.8 10.2 0.0 3.2 85.5 21.1 14.5 78.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 21) 13 6 9 1 2 17 14 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 328,442 COMMITMENTS 70,909 13,753 61,990 164,304 236,122 297,203 311,865 31,239 16,577 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -12,456) 4,137 -5,262 -5,023 -7,039 2,906 -7,925 -7,379 -4,532 -5,078 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 21.6 4.2 18.9 50.0 71.9 90.5 95.0 9.5 5.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 208) 77 32 61 69 68 180 142 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,076,206 COMMITMENTS 144,080 159,489 86,779 699,331 672,175 930,190 918,443 146,016 157,764 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -49,137) -923 -6,033 -10,038 -22,723 -16,631 -33,684 -32,702 -15,453 -16,435 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 13.4 14.8 8.1 65.0 62.5 86.4 85.3 13.6 14.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 171) 35 32 43 75 82 131 136 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 277,461 COMMITMENTS 85,758 11,565 43,751 103,116 203,992 232,625 259,308 44,836 18,152 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -4,549) -1,835 75 -1,883 2,695 -758 -1,023 -2,566 -3,526 -1,984 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 30.9 4.2 15.8 37.2 73.5 83.8 93.5 16.2 6.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 204) 84 25 61 66 62 187 128 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 19,139 COMMITMENTS 7,758 0 1,706 6,419 16,723 15,883 18,429 3,256 710 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -310) 210 -12 -142 -139 -35 -70 -189 -240 -121 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 40.5 0.0 8.9 33.5 87.4 83.0 96.3 17.0 3.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 73) 36 1 11 29 20 66 31 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,026,433 COMMITMENTS 275,453 171,461 26,538 612,840 729,948 914,832 927,947 111,602 98,486 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -9,829) -803 10,124 -7,557 9,811 -13,941 1,451 -11,374 -11,279 1,545 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 26.8 16.7 2.6 59.7 71.1 89.1 90.4 10.9 9.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 228) 52 42 22 96 98 160 151 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 2,800,359 COMMITMENTS 625,146 351,709 322,649 1549506 1742581 2497301 2416939 303,058 383,420 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -174,287) -46,803 22,330 -42,458 -28,582 -100,398 -117,843 -120,526 -56,444 -53,761 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 22.3 12.6 11.5 55.3 62.2 89.2 86.3 10.8 13.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 270) 47 65 60 120 133 200 226 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 2,036,410 COMMITMENTS 376,382 440,084 127,607 1308787 1243551 1812776 1811242 223,634 225,168 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -108,514) -10,027 -67,912 -23,879 -41,323 -13,559 -75,229 -105,351 -33,285 -3,163 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 18.5 21.6 6.3 64.3 61.1 89.0 88.9 11.0 11.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 198) 37 45 40 94 86 155 148 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 636,312 COMMITMENTS 103,608 101,911 146,222 352,047 353,950 601,877 602,084 34,435 34,229 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 12,905) 6,798 -4,073 1,433 5,843 14,661 14,074 12,021 -1,169 884 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 16.3 16.0 23.0 55.3 55.6 94.6 94.6 5.4 5.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 135) 27 40 42 58 53 111 109 GOLD, 100 TROY OZ - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-088606 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 15,966 COMMITMENTS 4,277 765 1,520 1,151 9,252 6,948 11,537 9,017 4,429 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 535) 1,356 -241 24 -626 836 754 618 -219 -84 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 26.8 4.8 9.5 7.2 57.9 43.5 72.3 56.5 27.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 30) 12 5 3 4 12 18 18 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 24,976 COMMITMENTS 7,044 12,974 201 12,714 6,870 19,959 20,045 5,017 4,931 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -20,241) -7,655 -1,278 -1,490 -9,442 -12,166 -18,587 -14,934 -1,654 -5,307 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 28.2 51.9 0.8 50.9 27.5 79.9 80.3 20.1 19.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 37) 9 12 7 11 7 25 21 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 69,529 COMMITMENTS 33,568 17,952 2,388 22,615 40,205 58,571 60,545 10,958 8,984 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -57,645) -3,046 -20,894 -5,908 -27,975 -19,773 -36,929 -46,576 -20,716 -11,070 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 48.3 25.8 3.4 32.5 57.8 84.2 87.1 15.8 12.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 85) 36 21 10 17 17 59 42 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - 3MO - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 51,855 COMMITMENTS 8,247 10,394 1,574 39,077 37,078 48,898 49,046 2,957 2,809 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 213) 1,318 239 -5 -3,789 -2,718 -2,476 -2,484 2,689 2,697 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 15.9 20.0 3.0 75.4 71.5 94.3 94.6 5.7 5.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 42) 8 16 3 16 10 24 29 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - 3MO - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/24/07 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 17,214 COMMITMENTS 9,747 4,945 114 7,309 12,137 17,170 17,196 44 18 CHANGES FROM 12/18/07 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 14) 50 619 -36 1 -549 15 34 -1 -20 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 56.6 28.7 0.7 42.5 70.5 99.7 99.9 0.3 0.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 28) 6 7 1 9 8 15 16
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