WHEAT - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE Code-001612
Commitments of Traders - Futures Only, December 9, 2008
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: Total : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Positions
: Open : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Total :
: Interest : Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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: : (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) :
: : :
All : 77,752: 18,070 9,245 7,690 38,119 40,453 63,879 57,388: 13,873 20,364
Old : 50,225: 13,139 8,443 4,147 24,036 26,186 41,322 38,776: 8,903 11,449
Other: 27,527: 7,796 3,667 678 14,083 14,267 22,557 18,612: 4,970 8,915
: : :
: : Changes in Commitments from: December 2, 2008 :
: -249: -844 -1,057 -37 489 146 -392 -948: 143 699
: : :
: : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
All : 100.0: 23.2 11.9 9.9 49.0 52.0 82.2 73.8: 17.8 26.2
Old : 100.0: 26.2 16.8 8.3 47.9 52.1 82.3 77.2: 17.7 22.8
Other: 100.0: 28.3 13.3 2.5 51.2 51.8 81.9 67.6: 18.1 32.4
: : :
:# Traders : Number of Traders in Each Category :
All : 122: 31 14 21 53 51 89 84:
Old : 116: 28 15 11 48 44 81 67:
Other: 82: 14 14 9 28 40 46 59:
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: Percent of Open Interest Held by the Indicated Number of the Largest Traders
: By Gross Position By Net Position
: 4 or Less Traders 8 or Less Traders 4 or Less Traders 8 or Less Traders
: Long: Short Long Short: Long Short Long Short
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All : 17.3 31.3 31.8 40.8 14.4 25.5 26.4 32.6
Old : 22.1 37.0 36.6 50.1 19.4 34.5 32.1 44.5
Other: 38.1 31.1 52.5 38.7 38.1 30.0 51.1 37.0
Updated December 12, 2008