WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 423,223 COMMITMENTS 53,227 65,617 161,869 181,198 146,242 396,294 373,728 26,929 49,495 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 7,486) -3,131 -2,591 12,186 -2,972 -347 6,083 9,248 1,403 -1,762 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.6 15.5 38.2 42.8 34.6 93.6 88.3 6.4 11.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 315) 71 121 126 80 104 237 280 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,725,221 COMMITMENTS 140,180 80,080 701,409 733,682 703,424 1575270 1484912 149,951 240,309 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,684) -17,377 -4,180 13,042 -3,314 128 -7,650 8,989 3,966 -12,674 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 8.1 4.6 40.7 42.5 40.8 91.3 86.1 8.7 13.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 708) 144 182 262 282 326 589 633 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 18,454 COMMITMENTS 1,012 2,135 2,316 13,261 10,879 16,590 15,331 1,864 3,123 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 295) -12 315 -64 394 85 318 337 -23 -42 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 5.5 11.6 12.6 71.9 59.0 89.9 83.1 10.1 16.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 53) 12 18 7 21 13 37 34 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 589,260 COMMITMENTS 54,653 28,336 243,397 242,292 235,146 540,341 506,880 48,919 82,380 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 13,759) -8,458 2,799 12,675 12,260 4,838 16,477 20,313 -2,718 -6,554 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 9.3 4.8 41.3 41.1 39.9 91.7 86.0 8.3 14.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 447) 144 106 223 123 149 380 405 MINI SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (THOUSAND BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 18,240 COMMITMENTS 14,344 4,492 1,001 3 1,489 15,348 6,982 2,892 11,258 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -977) -1,012 1,006 126 0 -1,315 -886 -183 -91 -794 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 78.6 24.6 5.5 0.0 8.2 84.1 38.3 15.9 61.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 30) 13 13 7 1 4 17 21 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 346,659 COMMITMENTS 18,059 28,687 106,523 201,812 188,849 326,393 324,058 20,266 22,601 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 10,869) -912 2,291 12,657 2,677 -689 14,422 14,259 -3,553 -3,390 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 5.2 8.3 30.7 58.2 54.5 94.2 93.5 5.8 6.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 200) 30 56 78 66 65 159 167 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 922,971 COMMITMENTS 45,738 171,117 92,975 655,591 496,630 794,304 760,722 128,667 162,250 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -18,759) -21,649 -905 11,209 -8,184 -5,288 -18,623 5,016 -135 -23,775 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 5.0 18.5 10.1 71.0 53.8 86.1 82.4 13.9 17.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 167) 26 42 47 79 84 132 146 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 188,356 COMMITMENTS 22,593 15,309 43,255 91,124 104,952 156,971 163,516 31,384 24,840 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,715) -3,948 551 -1,199 5,714 -1,117 568 -1,764 1,148 3,480 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.0 8.1 23.0 48.4 55.7 83.3 86.8 16.7 13.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 148) 35 27 45 66 52 130 108 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 9,409 COMMITMENTS 1,018 826 1,315 5,034 5,104 7,367 7,245 2,042 2,164 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -90) -810 -300 152 391 -585 -267 -733 177 644 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 10.8 8.8 14.0 53.5 54.2 78.3 77.0 21.7 23.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 52) 11 11 9 21 16 39 31 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 798,147 COMMITMENTS 149,250 128,067 42,177 484,740 518,895 676,167 689,140 121,980 109,008 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -18,330) 9,098 -14,150 -7,017 -25,250 -7,920 -23,169 -29,088 4,839 10,758 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 18.7 16.0 5.3 60.7 65.0 84.7 86.3 15.3 13.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 188) 33 35 25 84 96 130 143 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 2,073,095 COMMITMENTS 218,897 245,240 321,302 1273455 1177861 1813654 1744403 259,441 328,691 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 104,912) -38,285 53,258 60,206 98,854 17,576 120,775 131,040 -15,863 -26,128 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 10.6 11.8 15.5 61.4 56.8 87.5 84.1 12.5 15.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 235) 45 52 64 116 115 191 201 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,550,129 COMMITMENTS 425,511 155,573 88,275 839,471 1086004 1353257 1329853 196,871 220,276 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -65,453) 27,546 6,714 -14,558 -50,845 -47,146 -37,858 -54,990 -27,595 -10,462 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 27.5 10.0 5.7 54.2 70.1 87.3 85.8 12.7 14.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 180) 37 33 40 93 87 146 144 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 1,179,301 COMMITMENTS 165,821 28,675 439,320 513,625 663,728 1118767 1131724 60,534 47,577 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 92,833) 14,076 -2,868 27,940 51,423 64,323 93,440 89,396 -606 3,437 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 14.1 2.4 37.3 43.6 56.3 94.9 96.0 5.1 4.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 120) 37 18 38 56 58 108 101 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 29,582 COMMITMENTS 10,471 3,725 1,100 13,286 14,490 24,858 19,315 4,724 10,267 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,614) 421 -539 527 1,659 920 2,607 907 -993 706 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 35.4 12.6 3.7 44.9 49.0 84.0 65.3 16.0 34.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 43) 17 7 8 14 10 34 22 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 124,604 COMMITMENTS 16,564 19,009 2,243 89,527 83,842 108,334 105,094 16,270 19,510 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,821) -4,795 -445 32 17,035 2,953 12,271 2,540 -3,450 6,281 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 13.3 15.3 1.8 71.8 67.3 86.9 84.3 13.1 15.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 101) 22 31 10 34 28 62 63 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 33,937 COMMITMENTS 13,964 8,496 490 19,155 24,763 33,609 33,749 328 188 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,370) -202 -591 88 -2,273 -1,933 -2,387 -2,436 17 66 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 41.1 25.0 1.4 56.4 73.0 99.0 99.4 1.0 0.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 41) 9 15 4 13 12 24 29 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/14/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 56,056 COMMITMENTS 26,723 6,748 1,106 27,649 48,131 55,478 55,985 578 71 CHANGES FROM 10/07/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -116) 237 -12 571 -1,192 -653 -384 -94 268 -22 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 47.7 12.0 2.0 49.3 85.9 99.0 99.9 1.0 0.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 32) 10 8 2 9 6 19 16
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