COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 499,507 : Positions : : 58,237 70,706 141,294 46,167 204,602 220,903 28,872 466,601 445,474: 32,906 54,033 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: 1,817) : : 1,643 9,146 -3,285 2,185 -887 2,157 -438 2,699 4,537: -882 -2,720 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.7 14.2 28.3 9.2 41.0 44.2 5.8 93.4 89.2: 6.6 10.8 : : : Total Traders: 381 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 91 133 149 73 110 25 19 296 317: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 114,229 : Positions : : 19,357 7,163 16,730 32,044 59,953 31,660 780 99,791 84,625: 14,438 29,603 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: -990) : : -249 185 1,192 -1,855 -1,963 325 3 -587 -582: -404 -408 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 16.9 6.3 14.6 28.1 52.5 27.7 0.7 87.4 74.1: 12.6 25.9 : : : Total Traders: 165 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 37 20 28 45 79 17 5 110 123: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 2,106,567 : Positions : : 271,964 99,025 655,708 513,914 1,032,015 478,336 34,776 1,919,922 1,821,524: 186,645 285,043 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: -8,813) : : 7,913 -5,112 -9,149 14,414 8,512 -11,464 -2,456 1,713 -8,206: -10,526 -607 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 12.9 4.7 31.1 24.4 49.0 22.7 1.7 91.1 86.5: 8.9 13.5 : : : Total Traders: 896 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 242 158 281 297 409 27 16 694 763: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 642,804 : Positions : : 105,914 28,198 196,987 102,407 313,848 180,101 10,982 585,410 550,015: 57,394 92,789 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: -18,275) : : -2,537 -2,192 -11,491 -1,793 -2,254 -3,438 -1,447 -19,259 -17,385: 984 -890 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 16.5 4.4 30.6 15.9 48.8 28.0 1.7 91.1 85.6: 8.9 14.4 : : : Total Traders: 506 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 156 103 178 106 195 27 18 366 434: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 305,808 : Positions : : 30,111 16,959 81,977 92,481 188,244 73,600 1,807 278,169 288,987: 27,640 16,821 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: -14,844) : : -1,881 -1,666 -5,663 -4,935 -6,556 -2,614 232 -15,092 -13,654: 249 -1,190 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 9.8 5.5 26.8 30.2 61.6 24.1 0.6 91.0 94.5: 9.0 5.5 : : : Total Traders: 178 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 42 37 55 54 58 18 5 152 130: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 462,725 : Positions : : 49,045 12,677 161,312 114,087 267,856 113,094 7,220 437,539 449,065: 25,186 13,660 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: 1,051) : : -602 306 2,289 1,662 -3,747 -2,456 843 894 -309: 158 1,360 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 10.6 2.7 34.9 24.7 57.9 24.4 1.6 94.6 97.0: 5.4 3.0 : : : Total Traders: 310 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 134 64 114 63 71 23 10 269 219: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 276,519 : Positions : : 28,913 34,369 73,505 19,836 124,552 124,587 9,623 246,841 242,050: 29,678 34,470 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: 5,328) : : 634 -400 2,961 361 2,477 773 -55 4,729 4,982: 599 346 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 10.5 12.4 26.6 7.2 45.0 45.1 3.5 89.3 87.5: 10.7 12.5 : : : Total Traders: 237 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 60 84 109 25 44 25 9 183 192: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 356,425 : Positions : : 87,630 40,983 69,615 26,807 168,271 149,277 3,484 333,330 282,354: 23,095 74,071 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: 6,983) : : 4,903 -1,790 1,991 936 3,676 -2,375 836 5,454 4,713: 1,528 2,269 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 24.6 11.5 19.5 7.5 47.2 41.9 1.0 93.5 79.2: 6.5 20.8 : : : Total Traders: 385 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 90 86 94 86 173 27 12 254 321: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 34,393 : Positions : : 8,284 7,366 6,010 3,983 6,488 11,152 700 29,428 20,564: 4,965 13,830 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: -1,850) : : -2,541 128 -423 194 -655 531 -63 -2,239 -1,013: 389 -836 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 24.1 21.4 17.5 11.6 18.9 32.4 2.0 85.6 59.8: 14.4 40.2 : : : Total Traders: 140 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 29 34 32 31 47 19 3 97 102: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 154,945 : Positions : : 52,529 25,820 15,312 45,541 106,454 30,252 1,607 143,634 149,193: 11,311 5,752 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: 1,881) : : -1,546 1,965 -228 -525 -156 3,738 180 1,438 1,760: 442 121 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 33.9 16.7 9.9 29.4 68.7 19.5 1.0 92.7 96.3: 7.3 3.7 : : : Total Traders: 165 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 67 18 36 39 47 20 4 144 92: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 1,250,389 : Positions : : 140,269 69,851 258,583 288,356 793,661 459,854 67,114 1,147,062 1,189,209: 103,327 61,180 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: -777) : : -5,697 12,639 2,885 -3,968 -21,089 2,018 1,525 -4,763 -4,040: 3,986 3,263 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.2 5.6 20.7 23.1 63.5 36.8 5.4 91.7 95.1: 8.3 4.9 : : : Total Traders: 253 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 76 50 76 74 81 25 13 213 188: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 6, 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 214,412 : Positions : : 29,106 13,688 69,271 45,104 124,040 60,752 1,095 204,232 208,094: 10,180 6,318 : : : Changes from: April 29, 2008 (Change in open interest: -1,059) : : -2,928 908 2,689 -1,916 -5,267 219 5 -1,936 -1,666: 877 607 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 13.6 6.4 32.3 21.0 57.9 28.3 0.5 95.3 97.1: 4.7 2.9 : : : Total Traders: 372 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 137 63 100 112 125 25 7 317 259: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated May 9, 2008