WHEAT - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE Code-001612
Commitments of Traders - Futures Only, December 30, 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 : 82,853: 21,167 8,058 8,214 38,300 46,583 67,681 62,855: 15,172 19,998
Old : 51,239: 15,138 7,465 4,274 21,651 28,897 41,063 40,636: 10,176 10,603
Other: 31,614: 8,688 3,252 1,281 16,649 17,686 26,618 22,219: 4,996 9,395
: : :
: : Changes in Commitments from: December 22, 2008 :
: 347: 1,651 -791 98 -1,497 1,385 252 692: 95 -345
: : :
: : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
All : 100.0: 25.5 9.7 9.9 46.2 56.2 81.7 75.9: 18.3 24.1
Old : 100.0: 29.5 14.6 8.3 42.3 56.4 80.1 79.3: 19.9 20.7
Other: 100.0: 27.5 10.3 4.1 52.7 55.9 84.2 70.3: 15.8 29.7
: : :
:# Traders : Number of Traders in Each Category :
All : 122: 28 17 25 50 54 92 86:
Old : 113: 26 15 15 43 46 79 69:
Other: 87: 13 13 11 32 42 54 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 : 19.2 30.6 33.3 39.2 16.8 26.2 29.0 33.0
Old : 24.8 35.7 36.1 48.2 21.2 34.0 31.5 43.8
Other: 36.8 30.2 53.3 37.7 35.7 30.1 49.9 36.9
Updated January 05, 2008