VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1170E1 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/05/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($1000 X INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 47,192 COMMITMENTS 8,173 10,622 6,425 23,404 24,815 38,002 41,862 9,190 5,330 CHANGES FROM 07/29/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,630) 683 59 -72 745 2,251 1,356 2,238 2,274 1,392 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 17.3 22.5 13.6 49.6 52.6 80.5 88.7 19.5 11.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 25) 10 6 6 9 6 22 15
Updated August 8, 2008