WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 302,474 COMMITMENTS 70,577 81,353 37,888 162,957 126,360 271,422 245,601 31,052 56,873 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 9,163) 547 7,682 -871 188 -7,775 -136 -964 9,299 10,127 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 23.3 26.9 12.5 53.9 41.8 89.7 81.2 10.3 18.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 336) 70 134 90 65 103 195 286 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,070,817 COMMITMENTS 277,984 101,698 137,820 538,892 622,442 954,696 861,960 116,121 208,857 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 18,039) -3,147 697 9,080 -60 1,522 5,873 11,299 12,166 6,740 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 26.0 9.5 12.9 50.3 58.1 89.2 80.5 10.8 19.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 688) 155 135 151 190 316 431 545 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 15,172 COMMITMENTS 2,464 1,392 375 10,171 10,861 13,010 12,628 2,162 2,544 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 595) -102 189 20 458 -63 376 146 219 449 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 16.2 9.2 2.5 67.0 71.6 85.8 83.2 14.2 16.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 47) 13 11 2 18 14 32 26 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 374,393 COMMITMENTS 94,377 43,651 55,687 179,259 199,434 329,323 298,772 45,070 75,621 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,086) -8,055 -4,846 -490 3,621 1,772 -4,924 -3,564 2,838 1,478 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 25.2 11.7 14.9 47.9 53.3 88.0 79.8 12.0 20.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 446) 124 114 103 87 164 265 351 MINI SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (THOUSAND BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 20,446 COMMITMENTS 16,924 3,811 645 152 3,282 17,721 7,738 2,725 12,708 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -30) 297 264 212 150 53 659 529 -689 -559 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 82.8 18.6 3.2 0.7 16.1 86.7 37.8 13.3 62.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 33) 12 11 4 2 9 15 23 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 262,460 COMMITMENTS 28,097 27,308 53,929 159,284 157,075 241,310 238,312 21,150 24,148 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -878) 179 644 -1,384 -2,138 -1,088 -3,343 -1,828 2,465 950 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 10.7 10.4 20.5 60.7 59.8 91.9 90.8 8.1 9.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 202) 38 50 59 66 61 147 155 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 908,645 COMMITMENTS 107,252 176,415 17,993 646,840 531,724 772,085 726,132 136,560 182,513 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -10,649) -25,538 2,237 -4,256 15,664 -6,793 -14,130 -8,812 3,481 -1,837 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 11.8 19.4 2.0 71.2 58.5 85.0 79.9 15.0 20.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 177) 31 45 20 68 80 110 134 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 166,261 COMMITMENTS 36,294 10,793 16,950 85,157 122,246 138,401 149,989 27,860 16,272 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -4,603) -2,525 2,320 -1,957 -398 -5,984 -4,880 -5,621 277 1,018 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 21.8 6.5 10.2 51.2 73.5 83.2 90.2 16.8 9.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 153) 40 21 37 67 57 130 102 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 9,635 COMMITMENTS 2,435 1,172 407 4,797 6,733 7,639 8,312 1,996 1,323 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -458) -82 32 -118 -292 -412 -492 -498 34 40 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 25.3 12.2 4.2 49.8 69.9 79.3 86.3 20.7 13.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 60) 14 10 5 17 22 36 33 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 792,636 COMMITMENTS 140,595 164,951 6,761 520,477 501,952 667,833 673,664 124,803 118,972 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -42,725) -32,154 800 109 -10,118 -67,780 -42,163 -66,871 -562 24,146 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 17.7 20.8 0.9 65.7 63.3 84.3 85.0 15.7 15.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 182) 37 35 17 79 86 124 130 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,723,211 COMMITMENTS 229,651 240,195 45,081 1117438 1064750 1392170 1350026 331,041 373,185 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 11,742) -34,002 -2,004 -778 19,529 1,603 -15,251 -1,179 26,993 12,921 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 13.3 13.9 2.6 64.8 61.8 80.8 78.3 19.2 21.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 249) 41 62 29 97 114 154 189 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,468,401 COMMITMENTS 411,072 179,146 16,937 793,077 1024458 1221086 1220541 247,315 247,860 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -36,200) 11,585 -19,025 3,725 -58,507 -54,550 -43,197 -69,850 6,997 33,650 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 28.0 12.2 1.2 54.0 69.8 83.2 83.1 16.8 16.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 181) 41 34 22 81 74 133 119 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 605,357 COMMITMENTS 212,873 34,601 60,246 287,722 475,490 560,841 570,337 44,516 35,020 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 57,057) -15,590 1,084 23,989 44,944 23,961 53,343 49,034 3,714 8,023 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 35.2 5.7 10.0 47.5 78.5 92.6 94.2 7.4 5.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 134) 44 17 38 57 51 117 95 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 61,275 COMMITMENTS 17,392 14,541 3,805 27,721 23,034 48,918 41,380 12,357 19,895 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 20,958) 362 300 1,462 7,298 8,164 9,122 9,926 11,836 11,032 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 28.4 23.7 6.2 45.2 37.6 79.8 67.5 20.2 32.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 65) 19 23 15 19 15 47 44 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 147,101 COMMITMENTS 48,557 49,205 6,034 74,206 76,777 128,797 132,016 18,304 15,085 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 31,964) 1,187 -1,444 4,251 23,064 26,876 28,502 29,683 3,462 2,281 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 33.0 33.4 4.1 50.4 52.2 87.6 89.7 12.4 10.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 140) 46 47 22 34 32 92 90 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - 3MO - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 36,571 COMMITMENTS 13,635 8,344 630 22,150 27,562 36,415 36,536 156 35 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -22,983) -764 -777 -1,054 -20,754 -20,600 -22,572 -22,431 -411 -552 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 37.3 22.8 1.7 60.6 75.4 99.6 99.9 0.4 0.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 38) 9 11 3 14 11 24 24 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - 3MO - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 09/16/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 53,034 COMMITMENTS 23,194 12,513 297 29,171 39,817 52,662 52,627 372 407 CHANGES FROM 09/09/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -14,718) 906 11,010 -1,815 -7,249 -17,278 -8,158 -8,083 -6,560 -6,635 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 43.7 23.6 0.6 55.0 75.1 99.3 99.2 0.7 0.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 27) 7 6 1 9 6 16 13
Updated September 19, 2008