WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 430,190 COMMITMENTS 50,177 62,047 184,682 173,188 140,615 408,047 387,344 22,143 42,846 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,284) -1,893 -3,385 8,751 -5,314 -1,717 1,544 3,649 -2,828 -4,933 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.7 14.4 42.9 40.3 32.7 94.9 90.0 5.1 10.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 309) 65 121 124 82 97 237 272 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,697,112 COMMITMENTS 135,749 100,889 688,932 728,891 687,147 1553571 1476968 143,541 220,144 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -9,924) 2,680 13,898 -8,297 -789 -7,153 -6,407 -1,552 -3,518 -8,372 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 8.0 5.9 40.6 42.9 40.5 91.5 87.0 8.5 13.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 687) 146 178 255 278 311 576 615 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 17,839 COMMITMENTS 820 2,355 2,186 12,730 10,469 15,737 15,011 2,102 2,828 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -179) -168 -44 58 -604 -255 -715 -241 536 63 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 4.6 13.2 12.3 71.4 58.7 88.2 84.1 11.8 15.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 55) 12 19 9 21 13 38 37 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 419,138 COMMITMENTS 48,404 20,752 121,801 198,701 203,044 368,906 345,597 50,232 73,541 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -134,331) 905 -8,345 -87,129 -53,638 -41,552 -139,862 -137,027 5,531 2,696 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.5 5.0 29.1 47.4 48.4 88.0 82.5 12.0 17.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 322) 99 69 111 109 131 252 284 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 336,701 COMMITMENTS 13,427 34,306 102,842 198,376 172,662 314,645 309,810 22,057 26,891 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -4,988) -2,460 -3,550 2,822 -5,138 -7,390 -4,776 -8,118 -212 3,131 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 4.0 10.2 30.5 58.9 51.3 93.4 92.0 6.6 8.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 197) 35 50 70 70 70 153 168 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 858,723 COMMITMENTS 36,049 135,209 64,865 628,682 488,081 729,596 688,155 129,128 170,569 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -24,931) -4,511 -6,399 -18,079 367 2,599 -22,224 -21,879 -2,707 -3,052 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 4.2 15.7 7.6 73.2 56.8 85.0 80.1 15.0 19.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 154) 21 35 36 77 85 118 136 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 186,507 COMMITMENTS 22,590 10,286 45,612 89,623 107,331 157,824 163,230 28,683 23,277 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -7,609) 82 -4,239 -776 -4,689 -1,736 -5,383 -6,750 -2,225 -858 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.1 5.5 24.5 48.1 57.5 84.6 87.5 15.4 12.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 147) 31 32 40 67 61 125 114 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 7,926 COMMITMENTS 1,048 348 948 4,834 5,003 6,830 6,299 1,096 1,627 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -783) -30 -55 -545 -30 -125 -605 -725 -178 -58 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 13.2 4.4 12.0 61.0 63.1 86.2 79.5 13.8 20.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 43) 10 6 5 20 17 32 27 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 773,467 COMMITMENTS 156,550 142,686 38,601 454,482 478,867 649,633 660,154 123,835 113,313 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -14,926) -792 7,406 -10,248 -18,358 -26,770 -29,398 -29,612 14,472 14,686 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 20.2 18.4 5.0 58.8 61.9 84.0 85.3 16.0 14.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 176) 33 34 25 79 82 124 129 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,729,723 COMMITMENTS 192,090 195,110 204,512 1067962 1000754 1464564 1400375 265,159 329,348 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -196,064) -19,517 1,795 -83,589 -121,531 -128,303 -224,637 -210,096 28,573 14,033 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.1 11.3 11.8 61.7 57.9 84.7 81.0 15.3 19.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 200) 36 43 49 97 108 156 177 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,464,317 COMMITMENTS 423,950 164,657 71,522 768,868 1007414 1264340 1243593 199,977 220,724 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -14,687) -3,359 3,060 -14,425 -9,290 -19,567 -27,075 -30,933 12,388 16,246 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 29.0 11.2 4.9 52.5 68.8 86.3 84.9 13.7 15.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 168) 32 35 36 84 81 135 133 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 1,290,401 COMMITMENTS 204,318 33,483 562,642 471,066 640,563 1238025 1236688 52,375 53,713 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 33,606) 15,529 -3,331 73,437 -45,555 -42,736 43,412 27,371 -9,806 6,235 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 15.8 2.6 43.6 36.5 49.6 95.9 95.8 4.1 4.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 127) 42 20 41 57 58 114 107 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 30,107 COMMITMENTS 12,134 5,739 441 13,062 12,787 25,638 18,967 4,469 11,139 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 2,289) 860 2,353 88 444 -1,588 1,393 852 897 1,437 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 40.3 19.1 1.5 43.4 42.5 85.2 63.0 14.8 37.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 48) 16 11 5 15 11 34 24 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 122,075 COMMITMENTS 22,637 24,196 2,051 82,369 74,247 107,056 100,494 15,019 21,581 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 13,755) 5,034 5,732 280 4,820 1,550 10,134 7,561 3,621 6,194 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 18.5 19.8 1.7 67.5 60.8 87.7 82.3 12.3 17.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 107) 30 29 11 34 27 70 61 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 32,682 COMMITMENTS 15,441 8,953 428 16,477 23,107 32,346 32,488 336 194 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,600) 310 -190 -33 -2,023 -1,561 -1,746 -1,784 146 184 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 47.2 27.4 1.3 50.4 70.7 99.0 99.4 1.0 0.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 41) 12 12 4 12 13 26 27 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 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 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 60,107 COMMITMENTS 30,864 6,562 1,118 27,764 52,358 59,746 60,038 361 69 CHANGES FROM 10/21/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,309) 2,795 -938 -25 -1,330 2,385 1,440 1,422 -131 -113 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 51.3 10.9 1.9 46.2 87.1 99.4 99.9 0.6 0.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 34) 12 7 3 10 7 23 16
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