WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 323,676 COMMITMENTS 52,890 51,417 94,367 147,427 128,970 294,685 274,754 28,992 48,922 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -123,936) -1,188 -4,712 -88,432 -30,544 -24,314 -120,164 -117,458 -3,771 -6,477 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 16.3 15.9 29.2 45.5 39.8 91.0 84.9 9.0 15.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 295) 64 99 128 70 93 226 261 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,256,683 COMMITMENTS 118,728 110,215 385,145 591,597 534,585 1095471 1029945 161,212 226,738 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -358,715) -4,576 -8,140 -246,743 -111,654 -121,100 -362,973 -375,983 4,258 17,268 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 9.4 8.8 30.6 47.1 42.5 87.2 82.0 12.8 18.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 596) 115 144 212 251 271 499 531 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 15,874 COMMITMENTS 962 2,510 1,233 12,034 9,797 14,229 13,540 1,645 2,334 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -471) -132 135 -59 -340 -378 -531 -303 60 -169 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 6.1 15.8 7.8 75.8 61.7 89.6 85.3 10.4 14.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 47) 12 15 9 18 10 34 31 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 427,552 COMMITMENTS 52,058 22,458 138,834 185,013 195,544 375,905 356,836 51,647 70,716 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,612) 2,992 1,784 -6,396 2,552 3,729 -851 -883 4,463 4,495 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.2 5.3 32.5 43.3 45.7 87.9 83.5 12.1 16.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 341) 98 86 133 110 128 280 291 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 276,863 COMMITMENTS 8,627 22,652 79,537 163,448 145,377 251,611 247,565 25,252 29,298 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -50,362) -215 241 -31,021 -22,880 -22,530 -54,115 -53,311 3,753 2,948 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 3.1 8.2 28.7 59.0 52.5 90.9 89.4 9.1 10.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 172) 31 38 65 63 57 138 145 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 828,240 COMMITMENTS 49,838 136,840 40,219 579,734 416,327 669,790 593,387 158,450 234,854 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -33,959) -8,114 -2,348 -23,178 -52,421 -77,372 -83,713 -102,898 49,753 68,938 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 6.0 16.5 4.9 70.0 50.3 80.9 71.6 19.1 28.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 135) 20 29 33 75 72 117 112 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 148,352 COMMITMENTS 17,808 8,539 25,153 74,422 87,994 117,383 121,686 30,969 26,667 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -23,488) -868 -1,116 -18,262 -7,435 -8,542 -26,565 -27,920 3,077 4,432 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.0 5.8 17.0 50.2 59.3 79.1 82.0 20.9 18.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 130) 32 22 36 59 55 111 102 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 7,438 COMMITMENTS 1,339 796 844 4,282 3,716 6,465 5,356 973 2,082 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 195) 22 -147 -23 76 -69 75 -239 120 434 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 18.0 10.7 11.3 57.6 50.0 86.9 72.0 13.1 28.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 49) 10 11 4 22 16 33 30 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 570,606 COMMITMENTS 94,771 104,009 11,271 361,334 349,327 467,376 464,607 103,230 105,999 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -146,100) -23,889 -31,719 -32,450 -88,870 -93,676 -145,209 -157,845 -891 11,745 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 16.6 18.2 2.0 63.3 61.2 81.9 81.4 18.1 18.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 151) 20 33 18 70 75 103 113 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,454,546 COMMITMENTS 179,813 85,845 127,331 820,179 857,783 1127323 1070959 327,223 383,588 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -250,218) 224 -14,622 -125,907 -189,264 -181,783 -314,947 -322,312 64,729 72,094 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.4 5.9 8.8 56.4 59.0 77.5 73.6 22.5 26.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 158) 37 26 43 85 79 138 132 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,275,912 COMMITMENTS 269,564 156,900 42,973 724,648 844,000 1037185 1043873 238,728 232,039 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -163,631) -59,103 -7,743 -56,645 -94,421 -115,730 -210,169 -180,117 46,538 16,486 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 21.1 12.3 3.4 56.8 66.1 81.3 81.8 18.7 18.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 156) 37 26 31 78 66 124 114 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 1,037,434 COMMITMENTS 164,684 19,165 492,731 343,448 480,333 1000863 992,229 36,571 45,205 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 18,704) 3,860 -2,585 18,074 -2,909 4,721 19,025 20,210 -322 -1,506 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 15.9 1.8 47.5 33.1 46.3 96.5 95.6 3.5 4.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 104) 33 12 40 52 51 98 94 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 30,783 COMMITMENTS 13,756 6,444 240 12,522 13,814 26,518 20,498 4,264 10,284 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 2,984) 695 205 -69 1,771 2,017 2,397 2,153 587 831 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 44.7 20.9 0.8 40.7 44.9 86.1 66.6 13.9 33.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 47) 14 12 3 16 11 32 24 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 117,751 COMMITMENTS 24,806 25,663 1,931 73,679 71,176 100,416 98,770 17,335 18,981 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -9,711) 2,468 1,624 87 -10,918 -10,407 -8,363 -8,696 -1,348 -1,015 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 21.1 21.8 1.6 62.6 60.4 85.3 83.9 14.7 16.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 99) 30 25 11 26 28 60 60 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 34,096 COMMITMENTS 22,059 8,832 594 9,953 23,184 32,606 32,610 1,490 1,486 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,984) 991 -274 185 -447 776 729 687 1,255 1,297 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 64.7 25.9 1.7 29.2 68.0 95.6 95.6 4.4 4.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 34) 8 10 5 10 14 20 27 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 11/25/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 69,788 COMMITMENTS 41,751 3,724 2,035 25,672 63,373 69,458 69,132 330 656 CHANGES FROM 11/18/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 6,648) 8,175 -831 893 -2,371 5,997 6,697 6,059 -49 589 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 59.8 5.3 2.9 36.8 90.8 99.5 99.1 0.5 0.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 30) 9 6 3 12 7 22 15
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