CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET - ICE EUROPE Code-067411 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 09/01/09 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS) OPEN INTEREST: 488,085 COMMITMENTS 43,228 29,655 75,808 348,537 361,520 467,573 466,983 20,512 21,102 CHANGES FROM 08/25/09 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -7,139) -4,788 3,642 -4,229 -177 -8,210 -9,194 -8,797 2,055 1,658 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 8.9 6.1 15.5 71.4 74.1 95.8 95.7 4.2 4.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 100) 17 20 32 53 60 88 96
Updated September 4, 2009