COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 501,180 : Positions : : 55,192 75,674 146,706 46,988 197,628 220,988 28,538 469,874 448,547: 31,305 52,633 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: 1,673) : : -3,044 4,968 5,413 821 -6,974 84 -333 3,273 3,073: -1,600 -1,400 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.0 15.1 29.3 9.4 39.4 44.1 5.7 93.8 89.5: 6.2 10.5 : : : Total Traders: 373 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 78 136 142 74 111 26 19 283 317: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 113,496 : Positions : : 19,743 7,806 17,278 30,012 57,071 31,935 960 98,968 83,115: 14,528 30,380 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: -733) : : 385 643 549 -2,032 -2,882 275 180 -823 -1,510: 89 777 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 17.4 6.9 15.2 26.4 50.3 28.1 0.8 87.2 73.2: 12.8 26.8 : : : Total Traders: 165 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 34 24 28 45 78 17 6 109 124: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 2,138,015 : Positions : : 261,838 81,547 676,785 524,833 1,049,008 482,847 36,695 1,946,302 1,844,034: 191,713 293,981 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: 31,448) : : -10,126 -17,478 21,077 10,918 16,992 4,511 1,919 26,381 22,511: 5,067 8,938 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 12.2 3.8 31.7 24.5 49.1 22.6 1.7 91.0 86.2: 9.0 13.8 : : : Total Traders: 869 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 221 162 276 282 397 28 18 665 745: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 649,502 : Positions : : 106,204 23,499 201,137 98,031 319,655 182,292 11,457 587,665 555,748: 61,837 93,754 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: 6,698) : : 290 -4,699 4,149 -4,376 5,807 2,191 475 2,255 5,732: 4,443 965 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 16.4 3.6 31.0 15.1 49.2 28.1 1.8 90.5 85.6: 9.5 14.4 : : : Total Traders: 499 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 146 104 174 112 200 27 18 364 431: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 310,743 : Positions : : 37,098 16,776 79,793 87,164 197,212 75,785 1,734 279,840 295,515: 30,903 15,228 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: 4,934) : : 6,987 -183 -2,184 -5,317 8,968 2,185 -73 1,672 6,528: 3,263 -1,593 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.9 5.4 25.7 28.1 63.5 24.4 0.6 90.1 95.1: 9.9 4.9 : : : Total Traders: 188 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 59 29 53 55 60 18 5 159 131: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 461,132 : Positions : : 46,800 15,519 159,411 116,774 264,902 113,624 7,607 436,609 447,439: 24,523 13,692 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: -1,594) : : -2,246 2,842 -1,902 2,687 -2,954 530 388 -930 -1,626: -663 32 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 10.1 3.4 34.6 25.3 57.4 24.6 1.6 94.7 97.0: 5.3 3.0 : : : Total Traders: 316 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 132 67 117 62 72 23 10 270 227: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 282,122 : Positions : : 32,596 35,698 76,004 16,844 127,425 127,876 8,459 253,319 247,586: 28,803 34,536 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: 5,602) : : 3,683 1,329 2,498 -2,993 2,873 3,289 -1,164 6,478 5,536: -875 66 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.6 12.7 26.9 6.0 45.2 45.3 3.0 89.8 87.8: 10.2 12.2 : : : Total Traders: 246 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 61 92 109 24 45 25 10 190 195: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 365,550 : Positions : : 86,837 36,877 71,521 31,484 179,123 150,719 2,910 340,561 290,432: 24,989 75,118 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: 9,125) : : -793 -4,106 1,906 4,676 10,852 1,442 -574 7,231 8,078: 1,894 1,047 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 23.8 10.1 19.6 8.6 49.0 41.2 0.8 93.2 79.5: 6.8 20.5 : : : Total Traders: 391 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 103 77 98 87 176 26 11 266 319: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 35,631 : Positions : : 7,127 7,286 7,938 4,114 6,155 11,179 673 30,359 22,052: 5,272 13,580 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: 1,238) : : -1,156 -80 1,929 131 -333 27 -28 931 1,488: 307 -250 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 20.0 20.4 22.3 11.5 17.3 31.4 1.9 85.2 61.9: 14.8 38.1 : : : Total Traders: 146 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 29 40 31 31 45 19 2 99 100: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 160,013 : Positions : : 51,536 27,960 16,549 48,888 107,568 31,105 1,597 148,078 153,674: 11,935 6,339 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: 5,067) : : -993 2,140 1,237 3,348 1,114 853 -10 4,444 4,480: 623 587 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 32.2 17.5 10.3 30.6 67.2 19.4 1.0 92.5 96.0: 7.5 4.0 : : : Total Traders: 172 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 71 21 41 39 47 20 4 148 101: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 1,238,919 : Positions : : 136,868 71,586 242,820 296,275 787,952 460,774 68,132 1,136,736 1,170,490: 102,183 68,429 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: -11,470) : : -3,401 1,735 -15,763 7,919 -5,709 919 1,018 -10,326 -18,719: -1,144 7,249 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.0 5.8 19.6 23.9 63.6 37.2 5.5 91.8 94.5: 8.2 5.5 : : : Total Traders: 253 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 79 52 76 74 78 25 13 214 186: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 13, 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 212,086 : Positions : : 29,748 11,498 68,213 42,056 123,266 62,326 967 202,344 203,944: 9,743 8,143 : : : Changes from: May 6, 2008 (Change in open interest: -2,326) : : 643 -2,190 -1,058 -3,048 -774 1,575 -128 -1,889 -4,151: -437 1,825 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 14.0 5.4 32.2 19.8 58.1 29.4 0.5 95.4 96.2: 4.6 3.8 : : : Total Traders: 374 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 153 56 98 102 120 25 7 315 253: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated May 16, 2008