WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 431,474 COMMITMENTS 52,069 65,432 175,931 178,503 142,332 406,503 383,695 24,971 47,779 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,251) -1,158 -185 14,062 -2,696 -3,910 10,209 9,967 -1,958 -1,716 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.1 15.2 40.8 41.4 33.0 94.2 88.9 5.8 11.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 329) 73 124 133 82 104 249 291 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,707,036 COMMITMENTS 133,069 86,991 697,229 729,680 694,300 1559978 1478520 147,058 228,516 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -18,185) -7,111 6,911 -4,180 -4,002 -9,123 -15,292 -6,392 -2,893 -11,793 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 7.8 5.1 40.8 42.7 40.7 91.4 86.6 8.6 13.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 697) 149 178 251 281 323 579 623 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 18,018 COMMITMENTS 988 2,399 2,129 13,335 10,724 16,452 15,252 1,566 2,766 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -436) -23 264 -188 73 -155 -138 -78 -298 -357 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 5.5 13.3 11.8 74.0 59.5 91.3 84.6 8.7 15.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 56) 12 21 9 19 12 37 37 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 553,469 COMMITMENTS 47,499 29,097 208,930 252,339 244,597 508,768 482,624 44,701 70,845 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -35,791) -7,153 761 -34,467 10,047 9,450 -31,573 -24,256 -4,218 -11,535 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 8.6 5.3 37.7 45.6 44.2 91.9 87.2 8.1 12.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 427) 137 118 201 119 149 355 387 MINI SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (THOUSAND BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 15,276 COMMITMENTS 11,142 4,308 690 7 1,027 11,839 6,025 3,437 9,251 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -2,964) -3,202 -184 -311 4 -462 -3,509 -957 545 -2,007 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 72.9 28.2 4.5 0.0 6.7 77.5 39.4 22.5 60.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 22) 10 9 7 1 3 12 18 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 341,689 COMMITMENTS 15,887 37,856 100,020 203,513 180,052 319,421 317,928 22,268 23,760 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -4,970) -2,172 9,170 -6,502 1,701 -8,797 -6,973 -6,130 2,002 1,159 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 4.6 11.1 29.3 59.6 52.7 93.5 93.0 6.5 7.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 195) 37 49 72 66 65 151 166 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 883,654 COMMITMENTS 40,561 141,607 82,944 628,315 485,482 751,820 710,034 131,835 173,621 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -39,317) -5,177 -29,509 -10,032 -27,276 -11,147 -42,485 -50,688 3,168 11,371 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 4.6 16.0 9.4 71.1 54.9 85.1 80.4 14.9 19.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 160) 23 37 43 77 88 126 142 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 194,116 COMMITMENTS 22,508 14,524 46,389 94,312 109,067 163,208 169,980 30,908 24,135 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 5,760) -85 -785 3,134 3,187 4,115 6,236 6,464 -476 -704 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.6 7.5 23.9 48.6 56.2 84.1 87.6 15.9 12.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 152) 30 34 41 68 61 127 118 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 8,709 COMMITMENTS 1,078 403 1,493 4,864 5,128 7,435 7,024 1,274 1,685 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -700) 61 -423 178 -170 25 68 -220 -768 -479 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.4 4.6 17.1 55.8 58.9 85.4 80.7 14.6 19.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 49) 9 12 9 21 16 38 30 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 788,393 COMMITMENTS 157,342 135,280 48,848 472,840 505,637 679,030 689,766 109,362 98,627 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -9,755) 8,092 7,213 6,671 -11,900 -13,258 2,863 626 -12,618 -10,381 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 20.0 17.2 6.2 60.0 64.1 86.1 87.5 13.9 12.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 192) 39 33 26 84 94 136 140 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,925,787 COMMITMENTS 211,606 193,314 288,101 1189493 1129056 1689201 1610472 236,586 315,315 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -147,308) -7,291 -51,926 -33,201 -83,962 -48,805 -124,453 -133,932 -22,854 -13,376 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.0 10.0 15.0 61.8 58.6 87.7 83.6 12.3 16.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 223) 34 60 61 110 113 181 197 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,479,004 COMMITMENTS 427,310 161,598 85,947 778,158 1026981 1291415 1274526 187,589 204,478 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -71,125) 1,798 6,024 -2,328 -61,312 -59,023 -61,842 -55,327 -9,282 -15,798 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 28.9 10.9 5.8 52.6 69.4 87.3 86.2 12.7 13.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 181) 43 32 41 88 86 144 146 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 1,256,795 COMMITMENTS 188,789 36,814 489,204 516,621 683,299 1194614 1209317 62,181 47,478 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 77,494) 22,967 8,138 49,884 2,996 19,571 75,847 77,593 1,647 -99 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 15.0 2.9 38.9 41.1 54.4 95.1 96.2 4.9 3.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 126) 42 19 44 55 57 115 106 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 27,817 COMMITMENTS 11,274 3,387 353 12,618 14,375 24,245 18,115 3,572 9,702 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,765) 802 -338 -747 -668 -115 -613 -1,200 -1,152 -565 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 40.5 12.2 1.3 45.4 51.7 87.2 65.1 12.8 34.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 44) 17 6 6 16 10 36 19 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 108,320 COMMITMENTS 17,603 18,464 1,771 77,548 72,697 96,922 92,933 11,397 15,387 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -16,284) 1,039 -544 -472 -11,979 -11,145 -11,412 -12,161 -4,872 -4,123 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 16.3 17.0 1.6 71.6 67.1 89.5 85.8 10.5 14.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 98) 22 28 11 33 28 62 60 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 34,282 COMMITMENTS 15,131 9,143 461 18,500 24,668 34,092 34,272 190 10 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 345) 1,167 647 -29 -655 -95 483 523 -138 -178 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 44.1 26.7 1.3 54.0 72.0 99.4 100.0 0.6 0.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 42) 11 14 5 13 12 26 29 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/21/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 58,798 COMMITMENTS 28,069 7,500 1,143 29,094 49,973 58,306 58,616 492 182 CHANGES FROM 10/14/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 2,742) 1,346 752 37 1,445 1,842 2,828 2,631 -86 111 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 47.7 12.8 1.9 49.5 85.0 99.2 99.7 0.8 0.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 31) 9 9 3 10 5 20 16
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