Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of October 25, 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 20,458 : : Positions : : 1,109 11,106 4,785 1,526 1,671 8,925 2,448 329 2,064 1,576 405 : : : : Changes from: October 18, 2011 : : 188 -94 59 158 -179 -568 -316 6 -223 -30 -5 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 5.4 54.3 23.4 7.5 8.2 43.6 12.0 1.6 10.1 7.7 2.0 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 135 : : 10 18 12 10 11 20 25 6 24 17 4 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of October 25, 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 41,947 : : Positions : : 2,101 15,908 3,475 12,502 3,818 16,416 4,261 830 9,454 1,361 176 : : : : Changes from: October 18, 2011 : : -175 -402 -16 45 -140 -616 314 105 310 -268 -79 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 5.0 37.9 8.3 29.8 9.1 39.1 10.2 2.0 22.5 3.2 0.4 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 146 : : 10 16 8 14 12 33 25 7 35 10 4 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of October 25, 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 164,776 : : Positions : : 13,640 49,778 21,600 15,274 18,329 17,147 5,041 9,459 6,932 2,748 49,654 : : : : Changes from: October 18, 2011 : : -423 1,861 -1,707 897 473 795 -675 1,360 -153 525 267 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 8.3 30.2 13.1 9.3 11.1 10.4 3.1 5.7 4.2 1.7 30.1 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 180 : : 18 22 15 10 21 32 11 17 51 27 63 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of October 25, 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 809,584 : : Positions : : 132,511 314,315 47,748 74,722 127,311 152,470 13,624 33,338 44,665 15,169 197,532 : : : : Changes from: October 18, 2011 : : -3,951 3,852 -6,560 246 2,665 12,477 1,320 1,499 -2,099 701 4,433 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 16.4 38.8 5.9 9.2 15.7 18.8 1.7 4.1 5.5 1.9 24.4 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 390 : : 21 27 22 18 28 99 32 66 132 52 111 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of October 25, 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 130,102 : : Positions : : 17,080 43,742 46,862 9,369 9,326 19,892 24,915 7,835 8,483 6,348 8,143 : : : : Changes from: October 18, 2011 : : -2,055 349 -174 67 55 162 -3,109 1,596 103 973 1,592 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 13.1 33.6 36.0 7.2 7.2 15.3 19.2 6.0 6.5 4.9 6.3 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 181 : : 19 26 17 7 14 25 46 27 14 26 30 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of October 25, 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 10,144 : : Positions : : 852 2,004 2,116 0 104 3,528 4,534 0 718 434 1,017 : : : : Changes from: October 18, 2011 : : -380 -184 -63 0 -9 42 89 0 130 -42 -105 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 8.4 19.8 20.9 0.0 1.0 34.8 44.7 0.0 7.1 4.3 10.0 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 93 : : 16 17 5 0 . 13 23 0 19 7 17 : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated October 28, 2011