COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #001602 Open Interest is 503,958 : Positions : : 64,464 77,405 136,692 49,174 201,778 210,743 16,402 461,073 432,277: 42,885 71,681 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: 18,705) : : 4,543 4,748 10,956 632 4,702 4,845 2,206 20,977 22,612: -2,272 -3,906 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 12.8 15.4 27.1 9.8 40.0 41.8 3.3 91.5 85.8: 8.5 14.2 : : : Total Traders: 397 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 111 121 151 71 110 25 13 309 318: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEAT - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #001612 Open Interest is 132,535 : Positions : : 38,809 7,347 10,316 32,876 85,166 32,339 278 114,340 103,107: 18,196 29,429 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: -1,382) : : 3,387 -53 -181 -3,095 845 44 9 154 620: -1,536 -2,002 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 29.3 5.5 7.8 24.8 64.3 24.4 0.2 86.3 77.8: 13.7 22.2 : : : Total Traders: 177 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 42 30 22 47 81 15 1 116 122: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #002602 Open Interest is 1,445,029 : Positions : : 249,265 73,663 309,653 349,323 781,424 367,870 11,281 1,276,111 1,176,021: 168,917 269,008 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: 18,081) : : 21,392 -347 11,940 -16,289 10,823 10,516 432 27,558 22,848: -9,477 -4,767 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 17.2 5.1 21.4 24.2 54.1 25.5 0.8 88.3 81.4: 11.7 18.6 : : : Total Traders: 731 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 194 147 218 236 317 25 12 571 592: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #005602 Open Interest is 760,077 : Positions : : 154,936 31,564 200,159 129,407 394,854 186,834 4,457 671,335 631,033: 88,742 129,044 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: 10,992) : : 2,159 -1,276 15,360 -11,599 -8,990 2,032 -399 7,953 4,695: 3,040 6,298 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 20.4 4.2 26.3 17.0 51.9 24.6 0.6 88.3 83.0: 11.7 17.0 : : : Total Traders: 539 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 180 97 177 127 197 27 13 424 425: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #007601 Open Interest is 349,507 : Positions : : 70,882 17,492 75,769 97,229 235,014 74,708 1,641 318,588 329,916: 30,919 19,591 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: -10,737) : : 3,410 1,078 -785 -9,130 -10,713 -198 -53 -6,704 -10,473: -4,033 -264 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 20.3 5.0 21.7 27.8 67.2 21.4 0.5 91.2 94.4: 8.8 5.6 : : : Total Traders: 216 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 75 40 63 52 61 17 4 182 144: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COTTON NO. 2 - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #033661 Open Interest is 327,130 : Positions : : 54,447 27,878 86,080 67,899 195,636 94,592 2,140 303,019 311,734: 24,111 15,396 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: 18,656) : : -3,870 6,040 11,637 9,364 -79 1,000 59 18,131 17,656: 525 1,000 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 16.6 8.5 26.3 20.8 59.8 28.9 0.7 92.6 95.3: 7.4 4.7 : : : Total Traders: 291 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 101 93 81 56 57 22 5 226 195: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEAN HOGS - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE CFTC Code #054642 Open Interest is 229,380 : Positions : : 25,217 38,359 61,124 28,237 84,795 91,280 2,884 205,859 187,161: 23,521 42,219 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: 563) : : -467 1,569 1,407 652 -986 158 -354 1,750 1,636: -1,187 -1,072 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.0 16.7 26.6 12.3 37.0 39.8 1.3 89.7 81.6: 10.3 18.4 : : : Total Traders: 238 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 53 91 85 26 50 22 4 167 180: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIVE CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE CFTC Code #057642 Open Interest is 260,606 : Positions : : 35,928 44,472 45,632 36,917 119,048 120,092 159 238,569 209,311: 22,037 51,296 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: 1,267) : : -192 4,396 -92 1,258 -1,203 1,038 -191 2,011 2,909: -744 -1,642 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 13.8 17.1 17.5 14.2 45.7 46.1 0.1 91.5 80.3: 8.5 19.7 : : : Total Traders: 324 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 54 99 76 81 132 24 2 198 277: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE CFTC Code #061641 Open Interest is 30,212 : Positions : : 9,932 2,880 4,541 2,678 7,823 9,463 0 26,614 15,244: 3,598 14,968 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: 1,069) : : 342 139 229 633 -102 -7 0 1,197 266: -128 803 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 32.9 9.5 15.0 8.9 25.9 31.3 0.0 88.1 50.5: 11.9 49.5 : : : Total Traders: 131 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 33 22 26 21 44 17 0 87 84: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COCOA - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #073732 Open Interest is 160,507 : Positions : : 63,250 19,992 11,706 48,336 123,015 23,369 600 146,661 155,313: 13,846 5,193 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: 14,982) : : 8,258 5,467 2,368 -24 5,957 2,497 426 13,100 14,219: 1,883 763 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 39.4 12.5 7.3 30.1 76.6 14.6 0.4 91.4 96.8: 8.6 3.2 : : : Total Traders: 179 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 77 29 31 29 44 19 1 143 91: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUGAR NO. 11 - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #080732 Open Interest is 1,054,511 : Positions : : 116,671 134,816 185,979 330,666 636,100 324,164 19,854 957,480 976,748: 97,031 77,762 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: 19,657) : : 781 -15,513 1,454 5,227 29,671 10,601 62 18,062 15,674: 1,594 3,983 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.1 12.8 17.6 31.4 60.3 30.7 1.9 90.8 92.6: 9.2 7.4 : : : Total Traders: 242 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 65 65 64 74 69 24 8 199 173: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 4, 2007 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COFFEE C - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #083731 Open Interest is 201,563 : Positions : : 55,203 17,611 56,800 26,634 118,740 49,860 613 188,497 193,764: 13,066 7,799 : : : Changes from: November 27, 2007 (Change in open interest: 7,153) : : 3,393 96 2,103 -747 5,414 708 0 5,456 7,612: 1,697 -460 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 27.4 8.7 28.2 13.2 58.9 24.7 0.3 93.5 96.1: 6.5 3.9 : : : Total Traders: 393 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 164 59 99 92 128 23 1 310 264: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated December 7, 2007