COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #001602 Open Interest is 534,053 : Positions : : 56,123 55,646 168,914 56,491 219,817 215,695 31,611 497,222 475,987: 36,831 58,066 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: -596) : : -1,451 1,905 -5,617 -808 864 6,328 435 -1,548 -2,413: 952 1,817 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 10.5 10.4 31.6 10.6 41.2 40.4 5.9 93.1 89.1: 6.9 10.9 : : : Total Traders: 372 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 80 133 152 77 114 25 19 292 322: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEAT - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #001612 Open Interest is 121,611 : Positions : : 20,769 4,620 16,032 34,807 67,765 31,331 635 102,939 89,052: 18,673 32,560 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: -2,252) : : -888 333 686 -2,533 -2,878 -44 -91 -2,778 -1,951: 526 -302 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 17.1 3.8 13.2 28.6 55.7 25.8 0.5 84.6 73.2: 15.4 26.8 : : : Total Traders: 166 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 37 18 29 50 79 17 5 116 121: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #002602 Open Interest is 2,200,149 : Positions : : 255,017 77,823 710,588 523,244 1,068,596 491,793 47,456 1,980,642 1,904,462: 219,507 295,687 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: 55,796) : : 27,746 -2,871 21,874 -10,404 17,627 9,996 4,674 49,212 41,304: 6,585 14,493 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.6 3.5 32.3 23.8 48.6 22.4 2.2 90.0 86.6: 10.0 13.4 : : : Total Traders: 848 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 245 129 281 308 377 26 17 701 713: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #005602 Open Interest is 756,598 : Positions : : 102,415 30,495 276,722 133,518 336,350 176,108 11,105 688,765 654,672: 67,833 101,925 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: -13,816) : : -153 -9,435 -1,440 -10,435 -5,211 -5,416 736 -17,444 -15,349: 3,628 1,534 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 13.5 4.0 36.6 17.6 44.5 23.3 1.5 91.0 86.5: 9.0 13.5 : : : Total Traders: 532 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 162 109 204 114 199 26 15 395 464: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #007601 Open Interest is 358,271 : Positions : : 23,677 22,493 111,731 118,438 205,447 75,551 2,178 329,396 341,849: 28,875 16,423 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: -17,906) : : -6,571 997 -8,329 -5,730 -6,666 4,100 -665 -16,530 -14,663: -1,376 -3,244 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 6.6 6.3 31.2 33.1 57.3 21.1 0.6 91.9 95.4: 8.1 4.6 : : : Total Traders: 187 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 44 41 70 56 60 18 5 165 146: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COTTON NO. 2 - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #033661 Open Interest is 528,299 : Positions : : 53,550 12,230 206,458 121,796 289,763 117,099 7,658 498,902 516,109: 29,398 12,190 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: -8,860) : : 583 241 -6,162 -2,602 -427 861 325 -7,320 -6,022: -1,540 -2,838 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 10.1 2.3 39.1 23.1 54.8 22.2 1.4 94.4 97.7: 5.6 2.3 : : : Total Traders: 314 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 146 57 119 68 70 23 12 285 218: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEAN HOGS - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE CFTC Code #054642 Open Interest is 249,380 : Positions : : 32,294 41,948 54,980 24,051 112,254 114,068 5,026 225,394 214,209: 23,987 35,172 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: -2,928) : : -1,391 -3,786 357 -5,137 656 3,092 1,071 -3,079 -1,703: 150 -1,226 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 12.9 16.8 22.0 9.6 45.0 45.7 2.0 90.4 85.9: 9.6 14.1 : : : Total Traders: 236 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 55 91 91 24 47 25 8 163 190: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIVE CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE CFTC Code #057642 Open Interest is 318,600 : Positions : : 77,927 50,200 51,796 23,217 147,898 142,648 2,031 295,589 251,925: 23,012 66,675 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: -2,120) : : 2,663 -1,540 -2,727 -2,785 -448 2,178 58 -670 -4,657: -1,450 2,537 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 24.5 15.8 16.3 7.3 46.4 44.8 0.6 92.8 79.1: 7.2 20.9 : : : Total Traders: 361 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 89 85 77 74 149 26 6 223 290: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE CFTC Code #061641 Open Interest is 41,862 : Positions : : 15,446 10,259 6,365 4,772 8,034 10,789 779 37,372 25,436: 4,490 16,426 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: 375) : : -1,010 599 752 598 -1,035 36 -96 376 220: -1 155 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 36.9 24.5 15.2 11.4 19.2 25.8 1.9 89.3 60.8: 10.7 39.2 : : : Total Traders: 156 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 30 48 33 26 48 18 2 98 110: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COCOA - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #073732 Open Interest is 149,332 : Positions : : 41,609 14,664 17,052 52,027 109,967 26,426 1,416 137,115 143,100: 12,217 6,232 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: -16,944) : : 2,188 579 -11,165 -3,491 -4,765 -2,949 157 -15,417 -15,194: -1,527 -1,750 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 27.9 9.8 11.4 34.8 73.6 17.7 0.9 91.8 95.8: 8.2 4.2 : : : Total Traders: 152 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 54 20 35 40 43 19 2 130 90: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUGAR NO. 11 - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #080732 Open Interest is 1,332,630 : Positions : : 138,017 54,521 310,525 335,983 852,367 445,019 67,474 1,229,544 1,284,887: 103,086 47,743 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: 2,252) : : 7,145 7,520 -9,340 -917 11,234 2,652 -520 -461 8,893: 2,713 -6,641 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 10.4 4.1 23.3 25.2 64.0 33.4 5.1 92.3 96.4: 7.7 3.6 : : : Total Traders: 259 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 87 45 78 77 83 24 14 226 190: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of April 8, 2008 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COFFEE C - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #083731 Open Interest is 244,336 : Positions : : 34,293 11,935 87,440 54,841 139,174 59,843 978 236,417 239,526: 7,920 4,810 : : : Changes from: April 1, 2008 (Change in open interest: -3,869) : : -443 710 -2,469 -2,109 -2,131 -373 -298 -5,395 -4,188: 1,526 319 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 14.0 4.9 35.8 22.4 57.0 24.5 0.4 96.8 98.0: 3.2 2.0 : : : Total Traders: 383 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 156 63 103 106 120 25 8 324 264: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated April 11,2008