COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #001602 Open Interest is 415,737
: Positions :
: 27,628 68,208 149,068 33,236 121,113 180,279 26,091 390,210 364,480: 25,526 51,257
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: 13,014) :
: -824 2,153 18,105 959 -8,951 -5,360 2,716 12,880 14,024: 135 -1,009
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 6.6 16.4 35.9 8.0 29.1 43.4 6.3 93.9 87.7: 6.1 12.3
: :
: Total Traders: 326 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 67 123 129 70 95 25 15 247 290:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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WHEAT - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #001612 Open Interest is 97,320
: Positions :
: 11,690 11,490 15,274 32,886 42,808 20,091 1,739 79,941 71,311: 17,380 26,010
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: 1,808) :
: -452 -377 1,830 1,786 -4,081 -2,541 1,427 622 -1,201: 1,186 3,009
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 12.0 11.8 15.7 33.8 44.0 20.6 1.8 82.1 73.3: 17.9 26.7
: :
: Total Traders: 136 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 24 19 25 49 57 20 6 107 98:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #002602 Open Interest is 1,728,906
: Positions :
: 100,830 84,260 684,869 454,593 649,951 342,628 56,844 1,582,920 1,475,923: 145,986 252,983
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: 43,106) :
: -14,283 10,060 60,764 9,661 -34,057 -11,339 8,716 44,804 45,483: -1,698 -2,377
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 5.8 4.9 39.6 26.3 37.6 19.8 3.3 91.6 85.4: 8.4 14.6
: :
: Total Traders: 725 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 139 185 257 262 318 26 17 586 643:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #005602 Open Interest is 575,501
: Positions :
: 41,411 25,537 229,473 116,238 210,634 136,742 20,922 523,864 486,566: 51,637 88,935
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: 20,236) :
: -533 -3,269 14,061 15,468 1,110 -8,769 5,503 20,227 17,405: 9 2,832
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 7.2 4.4 39.9 20.2 36.6 23.8 3.6 91.0 84.5: 9.0 15.5
: :
: Total Traders: 434 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 122 116 198 101 144 24 16 353 393:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #007601 Open Interest is 335,790
: Positions :
: 17,336 26,075 93,866 126,614 181,518 74,156 8,340 311,972 309,799: 23,819 25,991
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: 15,936) :
: -2,917 -3,074 2,364 16,324 13,829 -2,340 919 13,431 14,038: 2,506 1,898
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 5.2 7.8 28.0 37.7 54.1 22.1 2.5 92.9 92.3: 7.1 7.7
: :
: Total Traders: 184 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 34 41 67 54 58 16 7 149 150:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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COTTON NO. 2 - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #033661 Open Interest is 343,138
: Positions :
: 22,322 32,350 138,449 77,701 152,090 91,208 7,642 329,679 330,530: 13,459 12,608
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: -16,754) :
: -895 -827 -4,904 -4,508 -8,480 -4,960 -952 -15,267 -15,164: -1,486 -1,589
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 6.5 9.4 40.3 22.6 44.3 26.6 2.2 96.1 96.3: 3.9 3.7
: :
: Total Traders: 289 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 86 98 104 66 62 24 11 235 222:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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LEAN HOGS - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Code #054642 Open Interest is 206,152
: Positions :
: 19,992 29,889 48,864 23,019 93,920 93,913 1,066 185,788 173,740: 20,364 32,412
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: -10,315) :
: -3,663 -828 -2,419 1,712 -6,267 -2,302 794 -6,672 -8,721: -3,643 -1,594
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 9.7 14.5 23.7 11.2 45.6 45.6 0.5 90.1 84.3: 9.9 15.7
: :
: Total Traders: 230 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 58 77 83 35 54 22 6 165 184:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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LIVE CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Code #057642 Open Interest is 275,334
: Positions :
: 35,168 51,398 51,958 41,133 116,998 127,223 2,114 255,481 222,467: 19,852 52,866
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: -16,121) :
: -6,272 -4,228 -5,134 4,183 -1,335 -4,297 -967 -11,520 -11,665: -4,601 -4,456
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 12.8 18.7 18.9 14.9 42.5 46.2 0.8 92.8 80.8: 7.2 19.2
: :
: Total Traders: 330 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 51 88 84 92 139 25 7 225 280:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Code #061641 Open Interest is 27,605
: Positions :
: 3,610 9,368 4,956 6,389 2,080 7,548 1,356 22,502 17,760: 5,103 9,845
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: -1,092) :
: -796 -564 -773 112 -176 79 -133 -1,379 -1,647: 287 555
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 13.1 33.9 18.0 23.1 7.5 27.3 4.9 81.5 64.3: 18.5 35.7
: :
: Total Traders: 118 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 20 37 24 30 20 19 4 87 70:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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COCOA - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #073732 Open Interest is 134,137
: Positions :
: 25,144 20,909 20,422 60,593 83,373 22,351 5,850 128,510 130,555: 5,627 3,582
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: -3,763) :
: -4,012 -310 1,635 4,475 -3,902 -2,226 1,419 -128 -1,158: -3,635 -2,605
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 18.7 15.6 15.2 45.2 62.2 16.7 4.4 95.8 97.3: 4.2 2.7
: :
: Total Traders: 145 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 34 34 35 41 40 20 5 113 102:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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SUGAR NO. 11 - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #080732 Open Interest is 957,222
: Positions :
: 74,510 63,097 236,395 236,495 527,397 343,522 63,280 890,922 890,169: 66,299 67,053
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: -21,947) :
: -19,964 11,628 13,004 6,191 -53,839 -18,301 1,639 -19,070 -27,568: -2,877 5,621
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 7.8 6.6 24.7 24.7 55.1 35.9 6.6 93.1 93.0: 6.9 7.0
: :
: Total Traders: 224 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 51 54 78 72 73 23 12 192 179:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 7, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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COFFEE C - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #083731 Open Interest is 211,850
: Positions :
: 11,331 28,348 78,767 63,892 93,346 50,468 3,765 204,458 204,226: 7,392 7,624
: :
: Changes from: September 30, 2008 (Change in open interest: 17,631) :
: -10,470 3,142 20,121 9,199 -8,444 -3,312 800 15,538 15,619: 2,093 2,012
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 5.3 13.4 37.2 30.2 44.1 23.8 1.8 96.5 96.4: 3.5 3.6
: :
: Total Traders: 357 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 91 99 104 111 112 25 7 278 283:
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Updated October 10, 2008