Disaggregated Commitments of Traders-All Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012 : 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 26,517 : : Positions : : 720 15,808 2,290 6,225 48 17,773 1,719 205 2,876 1,245 57 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : -34 -115 40 736 -19 1,730 631 -100 80 176 57 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 2.7 59.6 8.6 23.5 0.2 67.0 6.5 0.8 10.8 4.7 0.2 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 160 : : 10 21 9 15 4 48 11 . 33 16 . : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders-All Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012 : 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 64,501 : : Positions : : 1,249 36,983 6,161 19,080 1,090 36,028 2,782 627 11,605 1,876 457 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : -454 783 548 1,023 288 1,215 -777 2 -281 -654 200 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 1.9 57.3 9.6 29.6 1.7 55.9 4.3 1.0 18.0 2.9 0.7 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 186 : : 9 17 12 13 10 70 8 6 44 14 9 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders-All Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012 : 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 141,423 : : Positions : : 11,005 57,620 16,588 25,312 12,754 33,175 3,652 10,511 11,714 5,248 16,108 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : 464 -744 403 -973 -35 -4,357 50 418 698 -198 1,726 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 7.8 40.7 11.7 17.9 9.0 23.5 2.6 7.4 8.3 3.7 11.4 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 170 : : 13 18 13 13 17 39 9 17 41 23 35 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders-All Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012 : 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 435,742 : : Positions : : 50,213 199,985 40,727 93,089 46,840 130,786 22,755 11,318 71,855 22,105 15,144 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : 43 -12,763 1,682 1,742 283 -3,448 8,176 -1,017 4,134 -1,572 3,259 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.5 45.9 9.3 21.4 10.7 30.0 5.2 2.6 16.5 5.1 3.5 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 341 : : 24 19 18 21 26 78 32 25 112 38 48 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders-All Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012 : 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 153,815 : : Positions : : 6,401 66,143 56,412 10,415 8,109 42,233 17,702 5,965 9,302 18,779 10,149 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : 788 2,338 -2,140 -33 633 2,949 541 161 -7 -22 -698 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 4.2 43.0 36.7 6.8 5.3 27.5 11.5 3.9 6.0 12.2 6.6 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 221 : : 20 34 19 7 14 52 27 19 20 53 19 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders-All Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HOT ROLLED COIL STEEL - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF 20 SHORT TONS) : CFTC Code #192651 Open Interest is 10,550 : : Positions : : 447 2,862 2,705 227 673 0 191 167 5,499 5,613 637 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : 0 0 -1,125 0 355 0 -120 20 204 -801 28 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 4.2 27.1 25.6 2.2 6.4 0.0 1.8 1.6 52.1 53.2 6.0 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 20 : : . 4 . . . 0 . . 7 4 . : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders-All Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012 : 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 10,650 : : Positions : : 979 5,606 1,317 65 68 4,149 876 81 565 1,397 743 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : -606 -276 -1 23 -5 345 -2 14 1 -155 132 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 9.2 52.6 12.4 0.6 0.6 39.0 8.2 0.8 5.3 13.1 7.0 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 100 : : 17 30 4 . . 33 6 . 12 10 7 : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated December 21, 2012