COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 431,474
: Positions :
: 24,733 65,432 175,317 36,449 115,289 170,004 27,657 406,503 383,695: 24,971 47,779
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: 8,251) :
: -1,195 -185 14,062 1,997 -5,504 -4,655 1,594 10,209 9,967: -1,958 -1,716
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 5.7 15.2 40.6 8.4 26.7 39.4 6.4 94.2 88.9: 5.8 11.1
: :
: Total Traders: 329 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 62 124 132 68 90 25 15 249 291:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 96,105
: Positions :
: 11,114 11,841 15,422 34,406 42,938 18,879 2,044 79,821 72,245: 16,284 23,860
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: -1,126) :
: 352 390 -165 -169 592 -550 781 -531 1,599: -595 -2,725
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 11.6 12.3 16.0 35.8 44.7 19.6 2.1 83.1 75.2: 16.9 24.8
: :
: Total Traders: 129 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 23 16 25 49 54 20 5 104 94:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 1,707,036
: Positions :
: 80,058 86,991 693,651 462,857 634,091 323,412 63,787 1,559,978 1,478,520: 147,058 228,516
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: -18,185) :
: -6,393 6,911 -4,287 3,786 -12,498 -8,398 3,482 -15,292 -6,392: -2,893 -11,793
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 4.7 5.1 40.6 27.1 37.1 18.9 3.7 91.4 86.6: 8.6 13.4
: :
: Total Traders: 697 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 138 178 249 267 309 25 16 579 623:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 553,469
: Positions :
: 26,866 29,097 208,353 142,533 221,996 131,017 23,178 508,768 482,624: 44,701 70,845
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: -35,791) :
: -7,379 761 -33,808 11,412 7,988 -1,798 804 -31,573 -24,256: -4,218 -11,535
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 4.9 5.3 37.6 25.8 40.1 23.7 4.2 91.9 87.2: 8.1 12.8
: :
: Total Traders: 427 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 127 118 199 105 135 24 16 355 387:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 341,689
: Positions :
: 14,423 37,536 100,020 135,456 171,834 69,521 8,538 319,421 317,928: 22,268 23,760
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: -4,970) :
: -2,162 9,170 -6,502 3,437 -8,621 -1,746 -176 -6,973 -6,130: 2,002 1,159
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 4.2 11.0 29.3 39.6 50.3 20.3 2.5 93.5 93.0: 6.5 7.0
: :
: Total Traders: 195 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 35 48 72 53 57 15 9 151 166:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 314,919
: Positions :
: 22,159 25,938 125,089 77,662 143,121 76,726 8,204 301,636 302,353: 13,283 12,566
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: -14,387) :
: 1,847 -626 -10,321 550 -4,087 -6,107 86 -14,031 -14,948: -356 561
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 7.0 8.2 39.7 24.7 45.4 24.4 2.6 95.8 96.0: 4.2 4.0
: :
: Total Traders: 277 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 104 71 97 69 63 23 10 235 206:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 191,065
: Positions :
: 27,373 23,893 41,147 18,246 92,697 84,585 1,720 171,350 159,457: 19,714 31,608
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: -14,769) :
: 4,098 -1,687 -7,025 -4,938 -4,876 -5,128 802 -12,993 -12,787: -1,775 -1,982
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 14.3 12.5 21.5 9.5 48.5 44.3 0.9 89.7 83.5: 10.3 16.5
: :
: Total Traders: 209 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 53 58 73 33 55 21 5 147 166:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 266,491
: Positions :
: 34,622 48,265 58,636 38,332 109,939 117,641 2,578 249,231 219,417: 17,259 47,074
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: -3,581) :
: 921 3,487 1,086 -1,024 -5,176 -3,941 188 -2,958 -415: -623 -3,166
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 13.0 18.1 22.0 14.4 41.3 44.1 1.0 93.5 82.3: 6.5 17.7
: :
: Total Traders: 321 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 59 78 86 85 130 25 6 224 265:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 24,864
: Positions :
: 3,955 8,763 3,375 6,137 2,268 6,619 1,172 20,086 15,578: 4,778 9,286
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: -1,538) :
: 440 52 -968 -639 -119 -197 -62 -1,364 -1,097: -174 -441
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 15.9 35.2 13.6 24.7 9.1 26.6 4.7 80.8 62.7: 19.2 37.3
: :
: Total Traders: 110 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 17 33 24 28 24 17 2 79 69:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 146,950
: Positions :
: 27,111 23,485 26,855 68,120 77,515 19,836 13,736 141,921 141,590: 5,029 5,360
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: 11,232) :
: 2,830 3,075 4,338 4,721 -3,095 -1,924 5,361 9,965 9,679: 1,267 1,553
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 18.4 16.0 18.3 46.4 52.7 13.5 9.3 96.6 96.4: 3.4 3.6
: :
: Total Traders: 146 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 37 32 38 42 41 20 6 118 105:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 947,826
: Positions :
: 73,229 67,494 239,575 252,265 509,744 318,875 63,666 883,944 880,480: 63,882 67,346
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: -18,488) :
: -1,571 1,926 -4,284 671 -14,490 -9,915 1,021 -15,098 -15,827: -3,390 -2,662
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 7.7 7.1 25.3 26.6 53.8 33.6 6.7 93.3 92.9: 6.7 7.1
: :
: Total Traders: 221 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 44 65 72 72 69 23 11 187 175:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of October 21, 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 197,804
: Positions :
: 10,301 27,550 73,202 62,396 87,065 46,671 4,013 192,569 191,829: 5,234 5,975
: :
: Changes from: October 14, 2008 (Change in open interest: 918) :
: -482 385 2,950 901 -2,284 -1,569 328 1,799 1,379: -881 -461
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 5.2 13.9 37.0 31.5 44.0 23.6 2.0 97.4 97.0: 2.6 3.0
: :
: Total Traders: 349 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 93 88 102 117 112 25 8 283 273:
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Updated October 24, 2008