WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-001602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 321,218 COMMITMENTS 59,443 54,450 88,628 149,265 133,680 297,336 276,758 23,882 44,460 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -4,792) 938 115 -3,898 -564 681 -3,523 -3,102 -1,269 -1,690 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 18.5 17.0 27.6 46.5 41.6 92.6 86.2 7.4 13.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 294) 76 97 117 77 99 229 252 CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-002602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 1,254,797 COMMITMENTS 120,083 100,132 428,446 573,215 536,512 1121744 1065090 133,053 189,707 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -25,170) -10,362 -368 -5,088 3,863 -6,639 -11,587 -12,095 -13,582 -13,075 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 9.6 8.0 34.1 45.7 42.8 89.4 84.9 10.6 15.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 598) 118 160 209 243 270 492 528 OATS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-004603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 21,650 COMMITMENTS 777 2,026 1,076 14,352 12,497 16,205 15,599 5,445 6,051 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,456) -38 35 22 -416 -373 -431 -315 3,887 3,771 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 3.6 9.4 5.0 66.3 57.7 74.9 72.1 25.1 27.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 43) 9 11 8 22 13 34 29 SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-005602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 420,278 COMMITMENTS 49,929 24,238 140,564 182,337 191,843 372,830 356,645 47,447 63,633 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -21,833) -33 -1,671 -8,379 -9,928 -7,570 -18,339 -17,619 -3,494 -4,215 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.9 5.8 33.4 43.4 45.6 88.7 84.9 11.3 15.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 342) 103 86 152 110 120 296 298 SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-007601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 60,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 254,170 COMMITMENTS 14,383 35,415 72,720 144,830 126,774 231,934 234,910 22,236 19,260 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -7,709) 3,116 8,087 1,038 -11,364 -8,973 -7,210 152 -499 -7,862 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 5.7 13.9 28.6 57.0 49.9 91.3 92.4 8.7 7.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 189) 34 47 72 61 60 145 159 U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-020601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 918,010 COMMITMENTS 52,700 178,487 75,485 674,863 504,387 803,048 758,359 114,962 159,651 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 2,412) -4,160 3,846 5,838 4,779 9,857 6,457 19,541 -4,045 -17,129 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 5.7 19.4 8.2 73.5 54.9 87.5 82.6 12.5 17.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 171) 26 48 41 76 87 128 150 SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-026603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TONS) OPEN INTEREST: 139,650 COMMITMENTS 17,244 10,955 29,882 65,864 76,770 112,990 117,607 26,661 22,043 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,800) 1,031 -1,301 995 -5,211 -459 -3,186 -765 1,385 -1,035 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.3 7.8 21.4 47.2 55.0 80.9 84.2 19.1 15.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 139) 26 25 41 56 52 113 102 ROUGH RICE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-039601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 200,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 7,586 COMMITMENTS 1,250 803 712 4,498 4,332 6,461 5,848 1,125 1,738 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -198) -33 3 -6 -46 -5 -85 -9 -113 -189 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 16.5 10.6 9.4 59.3 57.1 85.2 77.1 14.8 22.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 46) 8 10 6 21 15 32 28 2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-042601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 538,743 COMMITMENTS 61,892 77,530 9,422 391,357 372,011 462,672 458,963 76,071 79,780 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,914) -5,736 -572 -1,926 13,342 1,871 5,680 -626 -1,766 4,540 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 11.5 14.4 1.7 72.6 69.1 85.9 85.2 14.1 14.8 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 145) 22 24 13 75 75 102 107 10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-043602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,493,033 COMMITMENTS 147,218 113,341 263,468 881,408 863,719 1292093 1240527 200,940 252,505 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -15,440) -168 -875 20,443 -24,643 -13,184 -4,369 6,384 -11,071 -21,824 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 9.9 7.6 17.6 59.0 57.8 86.5 83.1 13.5 16.9 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 192) 41 39 50 86 97 152 161 5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-044601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE) OPEN INTEREST: 1,185,924 COMMITMENTS 153,132 151,172 67,174 802,211 793,430 1022517 1011777 163,406 174,147 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -5,752) -16,838 -7,167 -3,791 7,738 -7,132 -12,891 -18,091 7,139 12,339 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.9 12.7 5.7 67.6 66.9 86.2 85.3 13.8 14.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 147) 25 32 29 78 70 119 115 30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-045601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000) OPEN INTEREST: 891,372 COMMITMENTS 171,146 11,887 440,731 244,937 406,863 856,814 859,482 34,557 31,890 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -31,766) 20,500 280 -26,258 -31,789 -2,773 -37,547 -28,751 5,782 -3,014 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 19.2 1.3 49.4 27.5 45.6 96.1 96.4 3.9 3.6 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 92) 33 9 35 44 41 85 79 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124601 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($10 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 9,537 COMMITMENTS 3,166 4,363 0 3,661 1,957 6,827 6,320 2,710 3,217 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -28,116) -11,014 -2,770 -2,879 -12,106 -14,643 -25,999 -20,291 -2,117 -7,825 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 33.2 45.7 0.0 38.4 20.5 71.6 66.3 28.4 33.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 24) 4 7 0 10 4 14 11 DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-124603 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($5 X DJIA INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 58,761 COMMITMENTS 19,483 8,357 719 27,351 37,231 47,553 46,306 11,208 12,455 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -74,160) -12,615 -15,741 -8,306 -44,639 -43,909 -65,560 -67,956 -8,600 -6,204 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 33.2 14.2 1.2 46.5 63.4 80.9 78.8 19.1 21.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 73) 21 15 4 24 23 47 40 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-246602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 26,289 COMMITMENTS 11,204 7,656 171 14,728 18,334 26,103 26,161 186 128 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -4,097) -1,455 -288 -11 919 -308 -547 -607 -3,550 -3,490 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 42.6 29.1 0.7 56.0 69.7 99.3 99.5 0.7 0.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 38) 10 9 3 12 13 24 23 INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE Code-247602 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 12/22/08 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF $100,000) OPEN INTEREST: 53,176 COMMITMENTS 31,680 864 1,708 19,543 50,559 52,931 53,131 245 45 CHANGES FROM 12/16/08 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -1,122) -564 -2,685 107 -664 1,466 -1,121 -1,112 -1 -10 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 59.6 1.6 3.2 36.8 95.1 99.5 99.9 0.5 0.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 33) 12 6 3 11 8 23 17
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