WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 319,843 COMMITMENTS 54,752 64,064 90,788 151,293 117,588 296,832 272,440 23,011 47,404 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 6,414) 2,049 4,592 6,420 -1,382 -6,088 7,087 4,924 -673 1,490 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 17.1 20.0 28.4 47.3 36.8 92.8 85.2 7.2 14.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 296) 63 116 115 76 94 220 258 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,246,848 COMMITMENTS 121,294 107,536 414,572 577,035 525,717 1112901 1047826 133,947 199,021 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 29,699) 1,833 -4,709 36,949 -9,915 -3,156 28,867 29,084 832 615 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 9.7 8.6 33.2 46.3 42.2 89.3 84.0 10.7 16.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 614) 112 179 209 245 274 500 536 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 18,221 COMMITMENTS 772 2,184 1,077 15,077 12,903 16,926 16,164 1,295 2,057 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -190) 36 -136 -8 -209 -137 -181 -281 -10 91 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 4.2 12.0 5.9 82.7 70.8 92.9 88.7 7.1 11.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 44) 8 12 7 22 13 33 30 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 449,615 COMMITMENTS 50,319 28,309 154,888 198,526 198,451 403,733 381,648 45,882 67,966 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 9,458) -348 575 6,036 8,151 4,971 13,839 11,582 -4,381 -2,124 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.2 6.3 34.4 44.2 44.1 89.8 84.9 10.2 15.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 345) 91 102 147 106 116 285 299 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 257,072 COMMITMENTS 7,391 30,701 64,948 159,431 132,654 231,770 228,302 25,302 28,769 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -13,719) -978 2,818 -6,470 -8,401 -11,238 -15,849 -14,891 2,131 1,172 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 2.9 11.9 25.3 62.0 51.6 90.2 88.8 9.8 11.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 173) 25 49 63 60 58 131 148 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 905,947 COMMITMENTS 51,579 153,392 70,065 664,168 520,287 785,812 743,744 120,136 162,204 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 54,124) 2,867 -7,430 11,176 44,499 59,051 58,541 62,796 -4,418 -8,673 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 5.7 16.9 7.7 73.3 57.4 86.7 82.1 13.3 17.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 161) 27 37 36 79 86 126 139 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 142,327 COMMITMENTS 15,854 13,286 27,555 74,037 77,248 117,445 118,089 24,882 24,239 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,040) -205 1,970 614 -1,087 -3,533 -678 -950 -362 -90 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.1 9.3 19.4 52.0 54.3 82.5 83.0 17.5 17.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 138) 26 30 39 54 52 108 107 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 7,823 COMMITMENTS 1,338 835 843 4,514 4,141 6,694 5,819 1,129 2,004 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -191) 69 -83 -72 -261 108 -263 -47 72 -145 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 17.1 10.7 10.8 57.7 52.9 85.6 74.4 14.4 25.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 47) 9 10 6 21 18 32 32 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 486,680 COMMITMENTS 60,562 52,981 9,808 336,286 342,462 406,655 405,250 80,025 81,429 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -18,842) -9,512 -33,444 600 733 29,279 -8,180 -3,565 -10,663 -15,277 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.4 10.9 2.0 69.1 70.4 83.6 83.3 16.4 16.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 144) 22 22 14 74 74 102 104 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,459,809 COMMITMENTS 152,978 111,055 230,991 858,574 833,932 1242543 1175978 217,266 283,831 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 42,672) -5,484 -5,734 45,729 20,948 -5,151 61,193 34,845 -18,521 7,828 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 10.5 7.6 15.8 58.8 57.1 85.1 80.6 14.9 19.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 178) 37 34 46 81 92 140 150 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,158,958 COMMITMENTS 197,982 125,086 60,295 726,861 783,435 985,138 968,816 173,820 190,141 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -4,430) -32,223 -18,446 899 11,074 10,168 -20,250 -7,379 15,820 2,949 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 17.1 10.8 5.2 62.7 67.6 85.0 83.6 15.0 16.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 153) 34 28 28 79 67 124 112 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 883,245 COMMITMENTS 142,257 12,013 437,823 266,954 395,610 847,034 845,445 36,211 37,800 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 31,553) -3,982 -3,974 29,191 7,074 8,519 32,283 33,736 -730 -2,183 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 16.1 1.4 49.6 30.2 44.8 95.9 95.7 4.1 4.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 92) 31 10 35 44 43 83 82 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 33,133 COMMITMENTS 13,716 6,986 378 15,656 16,109 29,750 23,473 3,383 9,660 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -656) -431 358 51 505 -383 125 26 -781 -682 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 41.4 21.1 1.1 47.3 48.6 89.8 70.8 10.2 29.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 47) 14 12 6 16 12 32 28 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 109,404 COMMITMENTS 26,474 25,587 1,797 72,403 72,142 100,675 99,526 8,729 9,878 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -7,184) 877 194 -180 -2,098 255 -1,401 269 -5,783 -7,453 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 24.2 23.4 1.6 66.2 65.9 92.0 91.0 8.0 9.0 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 105) 30 28 14 30 28 68 62 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 38,213 COMMITMENTS 21,091 8,006 1,229 15,585 28,715 37,905 37,950 308 263 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 7,239) 2,915 -702 565 3,722 7,397 7,202 7,260 37 -21 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 55.2 21.0 3.2 40.8 75.1 99.2 99.3 0.8 0.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 35) 11 8 4 12 15 25 25 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/09/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 68,633 COMMITMENTS 40,432 3,770 1,668 25,202 62,086 67,302 67,524 1,331 1,109 CHANGES FROM 12/02/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 359) -1,836 -321 76 1,051 -423 -709 -668 1,068 1,027 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 58.9 5.5 2.4 36.7 90.5 98.1 98.4 1.9 1.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 34) 11 7 3 14 7 26 16
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