Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of August 23, 2011 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) : CFTC Code #075651 Open Interest is 22,159 : : Positions : : 844 13,855 1,970 3,153 2,307 12,165 1,054 292 2,370 698 158 : : : : Changes from: August 16, 2011 : : -521 -931 380 646 -124 -504 -131 58 329 192 -205 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 3.8 62.5 8.9 14.2 10.4 54.9 4.8 1.3 10.7 3.1 0.7 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 132 : : 10 19 7 14 13 36 11 7 30 9 5 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of August 23, 2011 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF 50 TROY OUNCES) : CFTC Code #076651 Open Interest is 48,000 : : Positions : : 1,113 22,479 1,821 14,843 6,769 23,378 767 776 6,811 899 57 : : : : Changes from: August 16, 2011 : : -56 2,477 -201 3,366 550 2,020 -45 247 2,140 -761 -113 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 2.3 46.8 3.8 30.9 14.1 48.7 1.6 1.6 14.2 1.9 0.1 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 151 : : 6 19 6 16 11 64 6 7 29 8 . : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of August 23, 2011 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) : CFTC Code #084691 Open Interest is 189,639 : : Positions : : 13,120 67,245 18,797 21,974 16,990 31,225 1,461 8,223 8,201 2,451 55,327 : : : : Changes from: August 16, 2011 : : -288 4,922 32 2,250 1,824 5,889 -548 -1,760 586 764 4,832 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 6.9 35.5 9.9 11.6 9.0 16.5 0.8 4.3 4.3 1.3 29.2 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 198 : : 14 26 10 13 21 45 8 15 62 24 68 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of August 23, 2011 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) : CFTC Code #088691 Open Interest is 1,034,978 : : Positions : : 148,932 355,154 47,744 131,161 148,594 213,109 11,815 58,926 66,401 19,727 265,709 : : : : Changes from: August 16, 2011 : : 18,840 18,937 2,924 -14,038 20,276 -15,604 1,506 6,052 5,724 -1,440 44,294 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 14.4 34.3 4.6 12.7 14.4 20.6 1.1 5.7 6.4 1.9 25.7 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 408 : : 24 27 17 18 27 118 17 58 139 64 109 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of August 23, 2011 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) : CFTC Code #085692 Open Interest is 126,582 : : Positions : : 18,455 51,596 44,125 9,682 9,902 20,433 20,765 4,788 7,705 3,525 8,353 : : : : Changes from: August 16, 2011 : : 2,348 435 -143 -432 -1,424 -117 2,751 697 692 -135 -953 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 14.6 40.8 34.9 7.6 7.8 16.1 16.4 3.8 6.1 2.8 6.6 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 176 : : 22 26 17 7 16 31 41 21 21 16 26 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of August 23, 2011 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RANDOM LENGTH LUMBER - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF 110,000 BOARD FEET) : CFTC Code #058643 Open Interest is 9,820 : : Positions : : 530 1,693 2,475 0 0 3,629 4,454 0 505 553 599 : : : : Changes from: August 16, 2011 : : -97 -118 -6 0 0 81 63 0 -96 13 -16 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 5.4 17.2 25.2 0.0 0.0 37.0 45.4 0.0 5.1 5.6 6.1 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 85 : : 12 16 5 0 0 11 23 0 15 12 14 : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated August 26, 2011