VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE Code-1170E1 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/01/12 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ($1000 X INDEX) OPEN INTEREST: 318,793 COMMITMENTS 86,261 114,206 37,831 173,351 145,492 297,443 297,529 21,350 21,264 CHANGES FROM 04/24/12 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 18,164) 4,399 12,106 3,868 8,767 2,895 17,034 18,869 1,130 -705 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 27.1 35.8 11.9 54.4 45.6 93.3 93.3 6.7 6.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 131) 28 54 52 31 38 95 118
Updated May 4, 2012