COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #001602 Open Interest is 528,529
: Positions :
: 54,364 115,544 128,403 98,062 198,728 210,113 30,052 490,942 472,727: 37,587 55,802
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: 11,689) :
: -4,587 13,671 493 22,036 -2,868 -2,298 995 15,644 12,291: -3,955 -602
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 10.3 21.9 24.3 18.6 37.6 39.8 5.7 92.9 89.4: 7.1 10.6
: :
: Total Traders: 399 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 113 135 137 85 100 28 22 304 322:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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WHEAT - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #001612 Open Interest is 163,327
: Positions :
: 28,991 15,497 20,107 40,840 98,267 54,071 6,281 144,009 140,153: 19,317 23,174
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: 1,051) :
: -7,441 3,138 -1,448 10,011 -506 -349 1,225 774 2,409: 278 -1,358
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 17.8 9.5 12.3 25.0 60.2 33.1 3.8 88.2 85.8: 11.8 14.2
: :
: Total Traders: 183 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 44 31 33 50 77 19 7 131 134:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #002602 Open Interest is 1,533,350
: Positions :
: 215,472 113,537 403,353 342,397 743,559 404,771 37,374 1,365,994 1,297,823: 167,356 235,527
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: -16,890) :
: -30,760 20,157 10,215 -4,803 -50,783 3,943 2,229 -21,406 -18,182: 4,516 1,292
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 14.1 7.4 26.3 22.3 48.5 26.4 2.4 89.1 84.6: 10.9 15.4
: :
: Total Traders: 751 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 166 167 214 232 355 29 21 540 652:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #005602 Open Interest is 875,152
: Positions :
: 139,094 45,926 300,397 173,638 401,278 186,281 50,343 799,409 797,944: 75,743 77,208
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: 16,662) :
: 7,931 3,776 489 5,528 12,675 -707 -1,735 13,241 15,204: 3,421 1,458
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 15.9 5.2 34.3 19.8 45.9 21.3 5.8 91.3 91.2: 8.7 8.8
: :
: Total Traders: 501 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 182 123 224 125 144 29 22 436 429:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #007601 Open Interest is 368,699
: Positions :
: 38,839 93,546 86,571 101,775 144,163 108,408 8,453 335,593 332,734: 33,105 35,965
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: 8,318) :
: 2,569 4,741 4,725 2,279 1,194 422 291 9,995 10,951: -1,677 -2,633
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 10.5 25.4 23.5 27.6 39.1 29.4 2.3 91.0 90.2: 9.0 9.8
: :
: Total Traders: 278 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 52 100 98 63 63 22 13 206 230:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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COTTON NO. 2 - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #033661 Open Interest is 227,006
: Positions :
: 51,450 27,563 50,222 35,637 131,797 71,930 4,526 209,239 214,107: 17,767 12,899
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: 8,745) :
: 5,214 -7,251 2,638 1,806 13,244 -5,092 496 4,565 9,126: 4,179 -382
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 22.7 12.1 22.1 15.7 58.1 31.7 2.0 92.2 94.3: 7.8 5.7
: :
: Total Traders: 291 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 120 71 80 45 56 27 14 229 189:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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LEAN HOGS - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Code #054642 Open Interest is 257,052
: Positions :
: 51,316 26,679 74,499 13,068 112,159 89,077 4,041 227,959 217,377: 29,093 39,675
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: -38,419) :
: -5,147 -1,710 -28,014 -1,548 602 -3,936 -5,338 -38,645 -34,460: 226 -3,959
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 20.0 10.4 29.0 5.1 43.6 34.7 1.6 88.7 84.6: 11.3 15.4
: :
: Total Traders: 287 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 92 71 105 52 79 25 12 234 218:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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LIVE CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Code #057642 Open Interest is 392,625
: Positions :
: 72,826 39,996 108,143 56,728 181,486 119,749 1,973 357,446 331,598: 35,179 61,027
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: 9,055) :
: 5,060 -4,398 5,419 -63 7,485 389 -512 10,806 7,995: -1,751 1,060
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 18.5 10.2 27.5 14.4 46.2 30.5 0.5 91.0 84.5: 9.0 15.5
: :
: Total Traders: 430 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 128 80 149 105 163 25 9 336 350:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Code #061641 Open Interest is 33,468
: Positions :
: 6,074 5,344 7,725 5,404 5,692 7,265 628 26,468 19,388: 7,001 14,080
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: 2,861) :
: 1,025 -1,295 850 560 1,885 336 219 2,771 1,659: 90 1,202
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 18.1 16.0 23.1 16.1 17.0 21.7 1.9 79.1 57.9: 20.9 42.1
: :
: Total Traders: 149 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 35 32 36 39 39 18 7 110 100:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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COCOA - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #073732 Open Interest is 216,235
: Positions :
: 43,290 14,890 50,918 72,015 144,312 36,816 165 203,039 210,285: 13,197 5,951
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: -3,767) :
: -1,076 -1,213 -1,025 -1,286 -1,272 -627 43 -4,014 -3,467: 247 -300
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 20.0 6.9 23.5 33.3 66.7 17.0 0.1 93.9 97.2: 6.1 2.8
: :
: Total Traders: 180 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 70 32 44 40 45 19 5 156 101:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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SUGAR NO. 11 - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #080732 Open Interest is 876,059
: Positions :
: 92,139 137,871 132,116 281,428 493,163 298,576 24,172 804,259 787,322: 71,800 88,736
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: -27,467) :
: 7,430 -2,086 -9,495 -19,014 -12,461 -9,137 -1,659 -30,216 -25,701: 2,749 -1,766
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 10.5 15.7 15.1 32.1 56.3 34.1 2.8 91.8 89.9: 8.2 10.1
: :
: Total Traders: 211 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 40 63 61 75 71 24 16 177 175:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 18, 2012
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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COFFEE C - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #083731 Open Interest is 203,862
: Positions :
: 24,026 57,324 67,311 51,928 66,112 48,088 2,725 191,352 193,472: 12,509 10,389
: :
: Changes from: December 11, 2012 (Change in open interest: 4,154) :
: -402 2,019 877 2,259 100 -1,450 216 1,284 3,212: 2,870 942
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 11.8 28.1 33.0 25.5 32.4 23.6 1.3 93.9 94.9: 6.1 5.1
: :
: Total Traders: 383 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 110 119 99 114 96 26 15 296 291:
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Updated December 21, 2012