WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 276,915 COMMITMENTS 65,437 79,575 41,827 147,279 111,314 254,543 232,716 22,372 44,199 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -5,595) -1,750 -129 -455 -4,731 -3,409 -6,936 -3,993 1,341 -1,602 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 23.6 28.7 15.1 53.2 40.2 91.9 84.0 8.1 16.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 300) 62 114 84 62 93 182 250 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 997,816 COMMITMENTS 219,528 98,556 153,412 509,573 554,442 882,513 806,410 115,303 191,406 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -13,825) -20,618 -7,207 9,457 -7,663 -7,788 -18,824 -5,538 4,999 -8,287 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 22.0 9.9 15.4 51.1 55.6 88.4 80.8 11.6 19.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 659) 145 137 159 222 290 463 522 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 15,648 COMMITMENTS 2,158 2,015 284 11,604 10,660 14,046 12,959 1,602 2,689 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 425) -14 274 -83 473 231 376 422 49 3 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 13.8 12.9 1.8 74.2 68.1 89.8 82.8 10.2 17.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 50) 13 14 3 20 13 35 28 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 367,209 COMMITMENTS 77,251 36,914 65,545 180,714 192,215 323,510 294,674 43,699 72,535 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,862) -9,993 417 7,434 10,902 5,429 8,343 13,280 519 -4,418 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 21.0 10.1 17.8 49.2 52.3 88.1 80.2 11.9 19.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 416) 125 97 138 104 139 310 335 MINI SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (THOUSAND BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 18,240 COMMITMENTS 14,344 4,492 1,001 3 1,489 15,348 6,982 2,892 11,258 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -977) -1,012 1,006 126 0 -1,315 -886 -183 -91 -794 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 78.6 24.6 5.5 0.0 8.2 84.1 38.3 15.9 61.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 30) 13 13 7 1 4 17 21 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 262,836 COMMITMENTS 34,608 21,563 57,305 151,993 162,435 243,906 241,303 18,930 21,533 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,595) 1,422 798 11,310 -290 -532 12,442 11,576 -3,847 -2,981 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 13.2 8.2 21.8 57.8 61.8 92.8 91.8 7.2 8.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 195) 42 40 69 61 60 150 154 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 748,271 COMMITMENTS 45,910 178,533 7,562 586,709 425,100 640,181 611,195 108,090 137,076 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -44,936) -22,588 -969 -2,313 -14,641 -17,793 -39,542 -21,075 -5,394 -23,861 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 6.1 23.9 1.0 78.4 56.8 85.6 81.7 14.4 18.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 151) 26 35 20 63 69 97 116 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 152,647 COMMITMENTS 30,255 16,117 14,851 78,511 98,185 123,617 129,153 29,030 23,494 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,092) -3,683 464 -3,032 4,738 -1,841 -1,977 -4,409 885 3,317 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 19.8 10.6 9.7 51.4 64.3 81.0 84.6 19.0 15.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 142) 28 30 36 59 46 113 99 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 8,493 COMMITMENTS 1,087 737 866 4,596 4,963 6,549 6,566 1,944 1,927 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -368) -741 -450 77 156 -543 -508 -916 140 548 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 12.8 8.7 10.2 54.1 58.4 77.1 77.3 22.9 22.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 49) 10 9 7 19 14 34 27 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 742,479 COMMITMENTS 155,231 130,536 5,263 463,383 501,082 623,877 636,881 118,602 105,598 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -7,333) 7,364 -13,712 858 -20,789 -5,617 -12,567 -18,471 5,234 11,138 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 20.9 17.6 0.7 62.4 67.5 84.0 85.8 16.0 14.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 186) 33 33 12 79 89 120 126 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,418,014 COMMITMENTS 237,615 259,588 13,329 943,627 856,654 1194571 1129571 223,443 288,443 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -42,030) -23,321 49,706 -4,311 11,599 -50,872 -16,033 -5,477 -25,997 -36,553 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 16.8 18.3 0.9 66.5 60.4 84.2 79.7 15.8 20.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 224) 39 53 24 98 91 148 157 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,397,037 COMMITMENTS 444,110 154,405 8,740 757,518 1024694 1210368 1187839 186,669 209,198 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -48,843) 27,961 3,711 -3,669 -42,690 -32,907 -18,398 -32,865 -30,445 -15,978 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 31.8 11.1 0.6 54.2 73.3 86.6 85.0 13.4 15.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 174) 35 31 17 86 71 130 110 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 556,116 COMMITMENTS 177,896 32,756 41,655 295,171 449,904 514,722 524,315 41,394 31,801 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 21,984) 12,479 -6,930 -18,790 27,988 44,266 21,677 18,546 307 3,438 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 32.0 5.9 7.5 53.1 80.9 92.6 94.3 7.4 5.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 112) 35 16 28 52 51 100 84 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 26,386 COMMITMENTS 10,215 3,442 61 11,819 13,086 22,095 16,589 4,291 9,797 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 926) 406 -396 5 1,242 608 1,653 217 -727 709 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 38.7 13.0 0.2 44.8 49.6 83.7 62.9 16.3 37.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 40) 16 6 5 12 8 29 18 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 105,364 COMMITMENTS 16,197 19,642 126 73,364 66,482 89,687 86,250 15,677 19,114 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 7,544) -4,629 -124 -358 16,079 2,023 11,092 1,541 -3,548 6,003 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 15.4 18.6 0.1 69.6 63.1 85.1 81.9 14.9 18.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 100) 19 33 2 32 25 53 58 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 33,937 COMMITMENTS 13,964 8,496 490 19,155 24,763 33,609 33,749 328 188 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,370) -202 -591 88 -2,273 -1,933 -2,387 -2,436 17 66 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 41.1 25.0 1.4 56.4 73.0 99.0 99.4 1.0 0.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 41) 9 15 4 13 12 24 29 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- LONG | SHORT |SPREADS | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT | LONG | SHORT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 56,056 COMMITMENTS 26,723 6,748 1,106 27,649 48,131 55,478 55,985 578 71 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -116) 237 -12 571 -1,192 -653 -384 -94 268 -22 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS 47.7 12.0 2.0 49.3 85.9 99.0 99.9 1.0 0.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 32) 10 8 2 9 6 19 16
Updated October 17, 2008