WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 447,612 COMMITMENTS 54,078 56,129 182,799 177,971 153,285 414,849 392,213 32,763 55,399 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 6,654) 3,776 -3,003 -8,454 8,841 14,722 4,163 3,265 2,491 3,389 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.1 12.5 40.8 39.8 34.2 92.7 87.6 7.3 12.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 345) 80 117 163 83 96 282 304 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,615,398 COMMITMENTS 123,304 118,355 631,889 703,251 655,685 1458444 1405928 156,954 209,470 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -96,972) -4,722 -3,633 -72,207 -22,722 -13,257 -99,651 -89,097 2,679 -7,875 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 7.6 7.3 39.1 43.5 40.6 90.3 87.0 9.7 13.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 707) 150 179 275 293 308 612 632 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 16,345 COMMITMENTS 1,093 2,375 1,292 12,374 10,176 14,759 13,842 1,586 2,503 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -813) 74 382 -488 -335 -655 -748 -760 -65 -53 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 6.7 14.5 7.9 75.7 62.3 90.3 84.7 9.7 15.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 48) 11 16 8 18 11 33 32 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 423,940 COMMITMENTS 49,066 20,675 145,230 182,460 191,815 376,756 357,719 47,184 66,221 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,184) 672 1 2,969 -2,610 -567 1,030 2,403 -2,214 -3,587 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.6 4.9 34.3 43.0 45.2 88.9 84.4 11.1 15.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 340) 101 83 141 108 123 282 295 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 327,226 COMMITMENTS 8,842 22,411 110,558 186,327 167,908 305,726 300,876 21,499 26,350 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -7,601) -3,329 -929 2,549 -8,305 -10,692 -9,085 -9,071 1,483 1,470 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 2.7 6.8 33.8 56.9 51.3 93.4 91.9 6.6 8.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 190) 32 49 76 69 66 158 164 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 862,200 COMMITMENTS 57,952 139,188 63,397 632,155 493,699 753,503 696,284 108,696 165,915 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 13,198) 9,525 -3,942 1,932 -140 9,084 11,316 7,074 1,882 6,124 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 6.7 16.1 7.4 73.3 57.3 87.4 80.8 12.6 19.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 160) 21 39 39 79 86 127 137 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 171,840 COMMITMENTS 18,676 9,655 43,415 81,858 96,536 143,948 149,606 27,892 22,234 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,695) -1,221 -1,430 -69 -441 -1,864 -1,731 -3,364 36 1,669 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 10.9 5.6 25.3 47.6 56.2 83.8 87.1 16.2 12.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 152) 36 28 42 71 67 134 119 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 7,243 COMMITMENTS 1,318 943 867 4,206 3,785 6,391 5,595 852 1,648 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -120) 160 259 23 -256 -533 -73 -251 -47 131 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 18.2 13.0 12.0 58.1 52.3 88.2 77.2 11.8 22.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 53) 8 17 6 22 16 34 35 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 716,706 COMMITMENTS 118,660 135,728 43,721 450,204 443,003 612,585 622,452 104,122 94,254 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -27,897) -16,252 9,783 -2,328 -12,505 -40,032 -31,086 -32,577 3,189 4,680 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 16.6 18.9 6.1 62.8 61.8 85.5 86.8 14.5 13.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 179) 35 33 28 77 81 122 132 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,704,764 COMMITMENTS 179,589 100,467 253,238 1009443 1039566 1442270 1393270 262,494 311,494 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 85,715) -2,252 -45,734 48,083 22,014 77,028 67,845 79,378 17,870 6,338 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 10.5 5.9 14.9 59.2 61.0 84.6 81.7 15.4 18.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 207) 40 43 59 100 108 166 184 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,439,543 COMMITMENTS 328,667 164,643 99,618 819,069 959,730 1247354 1223990 192,190 215,553 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,694) -50,234 8,265 19,224 20,950 -28,155 -10,060 -666 11,754 2,360 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 22.8 11.4 6.9 56.9 66.7 86.6 85.0 13.4 15.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 169) 39 33 35 81 76 132 132 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 1,018,730 COMMITMENTS 160,823 21,750 474,657 346,357 475,612 981,838 972,019 36,892 46,711 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 7,988) 1,343 -1,303 5,605 3,847 -2,884 10,795 1,418 -2,807 6,571 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 15.8 2.1 46.6 34.0 46.7 96.4 95.4 3.6 4.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 105) 30 14 40 52 52 98 95 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 27,799 COMMITMENTS 13,061 6,239 310 10,751 11,797 24,122 18,346 3,677 9,453 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -50) 61 -136 -25 4 10 40 -151 -90 101 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 47.0 22.4 1.1 38.7 42.4 86.8 66.0 13.2 34.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 48) 15 12 6 15 11 33 26 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 127,462 COMMITMENTS 22,338 24,039 1,844 84,597 81,583 108,779 107,466 18,682 19,996 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,814) -968 -390 -569 3,608 3,518 2,071 2,559 1,743 1,255 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 17.5 18.9 1.4 66.4 64.0 85.3 84.3 14.7 15.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 100) 28 24 10 32 28 65 57 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 32,112 COMMITMENTS 21,068 9,106 409 10,400 22,408 31,877 31,923 235 189 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 30) 1,590 74 -156 -1,495 89 -61 7 91 23 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 65.6 28.4 1.3 32.4 69.8 99.3 99.4 0.7 0.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 40) 10 12 5 12 15 24 30 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/18/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 63,140 COMMITMENTS 33,576 4,555 1,142 28,043 57,376 62,761 63,073 379 67 CHANGES FROM 11/11/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,634) 1,224 379 -1 2,315 3,271 3,538 3,649 96 -15 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 53.2 7.2 1.8 44.4 90.9 99.4 99.9 0.6 0.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 33) 11 7 2 10 8 21 17
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