WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 403,994 COMMITMENTS 67,463 64,291 115,775 192,224 171,002 375,462 351,068 28,532 52,926 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -14,194) 1,196 7,433 -4,387 -10,254 -17,953 -13,445 -14,907 -748 714 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 16.7 15.9 28.7 47.6 42.3 92.9 86.9 7.1 13.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 357) 95 126 138 82 116 263 309 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,700,368 COMMITMENTS 191,485 74,211 596,455 775,447 791,863 1563387 1462528 136,982 237,840 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -65,013) -7,709 -3,013 -30,952 -16,205 -29,026 -54,866 -62,991 -10,148 -2,023 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.3 4.4 35.1 45.6 46.6 91.9 86.0 8.1 14.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 779) 177 164 275 271 367 600 691 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 16,516 COMMITMENTS 2,320 1,212 1,661 10,314 11,553 14,295 14,426 2,221 2,090 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 166) -117 -19 285 302 -78 470 188 -304 -22 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 14.0 7.3 10.1 62.4 69.9 86.6 87.3 13.4 12.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 51) 19 9 8 17 14 38 29 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 534,851 COMMITMENTS 92,991 29,166 183,197 207,346 241,112 483,534 453,474 51,317 81,376 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -9,465) -2,927 -3,607 -2,161 -2,332 -4,092 -7,420 -9,860 -2,045 395 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 17.4 5.5 34.3 38.8 45.1 90.4 84.8 9.6 15.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 497) 163 121 188 105 188 353 428 MINI SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (THOUSAND BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 20,951 COMMITMENTS 17,526 3,746 751 3 3,384 18,280 7,881 2,671 13,070 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -658) 138 -81 -508 0 19 -370 -570 -288 -88 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 83.7 17.9 3.6 0.0 16.2 87.3 37.6 12.7 62.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 32) 11 11 6 1 10 14 25 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 311,483 COMMITMENTS 22,654 29,443 84,897 181,799 176,084 289,350 290,425 22,132 21,058 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,266) 812 2,088 -372 -2,378 -6,057 -1,938 -4,341 -1,328 1,074 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 7.3 9.5 27.3 58.4 56.5 92.9 93.2 7.1 6.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 198) 44 48 67 67 67 156 158 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,011,970 COMMITMENTS 123,914 174,676 69,947 663,913 574,558 857,774 819,181 154,195 192,789 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 14,517) 18,444 13,452 2,000 1,509 8,879 21,953 24,331 -7,436 -9,814 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.2 17.3 6.9 65.6 56.8 84.8 80.9 15.2 19.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 198) 39 48 48 83 93 150 161 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 193,722 COMMITMENTS 37,256 2,925 41,220 83,932 133,612 162,408 177,757 31,314 15,965 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -874) 371 276 2,043 -2,197 -3,146 217 -828 -1,092 -47 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 19.2 1.5 21.3 43.3 69.0 83.8 91.8 16.2 8.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 170) 58 12 54 66 67 148 125 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 11,648 COMMITMENTS 2,526 1,054 1,045 6,305 8,358 9,876 10,457 1,771 1,191 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -494) -14 187 127 -574 -727 -461 -413 -33 -81 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 21.7 9.0 9.0 54.1 71.8 84.8 89.8 15.2 10.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 63) 19 10 10 22 20 47 35 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 979,685 COMMITMENTS 190,540 166,281 37,491 626,654 663,177 854,686 866,950 124,999 112,735 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -6,759) 3,544 -16,530 334 -2,600 23,929 1,278 7,733 -8,037 -14,492 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 19.4 17.0 3.8 64.0 67.7 87.2 88.5 12.8 11.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 211) 42 42 35 93 104 149 167 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 2,092,883 COMMITMENTS 287,667 244,242 225,747 1247724 1229477 1761137 1699466 331,746 393,417 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 57,579) 24,572 -11,904 15,996 13,087 13,518 53,655 17,610 3,924 39,968 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 13.7 11.7 10.8 59.6 58.7 84.1 81.2 15.9 18.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 268) 51 70 70 117 126 212 222 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,657,789 COMMITMENTS 447,225 198,889 55,839 906,594 1160405 1409658 1415133 248,131 242,656 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -132,123) -8,780 7,104 -7,969 -88,083 -116,562 -104,833 -117,428 -27,290 -14,696 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 27.0 12.0 3.4 54.7 70.0 85.0 85.4 15.0 14.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 207) 48 40 33 98 99 163 155 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 915,505 COMMITMENTS 241,247 37,922 252,647 378,150 593,018 872,045 883,587 43,460 31,918 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -15,905) 2,514 1,529 -4,501 -13,268 -8,786 -15,255 -11,759 -650 -4,146 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 26.4 4.1 27.6 41.3 64.8 95.3 96.5 4.7 3.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 138) 52 16 41 64 60 124 110 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 36,909 COMMITMENTS 16,763 14,066 1,813 16,407 14,002 34,983 29,881 1,926 7,028 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -386) 233 -650 42 2,245 2,580 2,520 1,973 -2,906 -2,359 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 45.4 38.1 4.9 44.5 37.9 94.8 81.0 5.2 19.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 56) 17 19 11 16 12 41 34 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 125,909 COMMITMENTS 49,205 51,274 3,390 58,675 58,780 111,270 113,444 14,639 12,465 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -837) 1,387 -645 28 -1,006 2,866 409 2,249 -1,246 -3,086 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 39.1 40.7 2.7 46.6 46.7 88.4 90.1 11.6 9.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 137) 48 45 22 27 28 83 87 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - 3MO - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 60,617 COMMITMENTS 13,872 9,119 2,277 44,415 49,112 60,564 60,508 53 109 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,550) -303 47 1,529 7,334 6,977 8,560 8,553 -10 -3 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 22.9 15.0 3.8 73.3 81.0 99.9 99.8 0.1 0.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 41) 10 11 3 15 12 26 25 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - 3MO - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/02/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 58,948 COMMITMENTS 21,718 2,612 187 36,991 55,893 58,896 58,692 52 256 CHANGES FROM 08/26/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,666) 1,107 -515 0 2,579 4,233 3,686 3,718 -20 -52 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 36.8 4.4 0.3 62.8 94.8 99.9 99.6 0.1 0.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 33) 6 9 1 12 10 18 20
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