VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1170E1 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/28/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($1000 X INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 43,740 COMMITMENTS 4,158 27,082 5,562 28,729 2,591 38,449 35,235 5,291 8,505 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -13,900) -4,940 -1,539 -3,252 -2,724 -3,675 -10,916 -8,466 -2,984 -5,434 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 9.5 61.9 12.7 65.7 5.9 87.9 80.6 12.1 19.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 28) 8 15 13 4 3 20 24
Updated October 31, 2008