Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 29,198 : : Positions : : 812 16,244 2,114 6,056 2,617 16,555 1,080 910 3,161 989 387 : : : : Changes from: December 4, 2012 : : 64 1,083 90 774 567 1,745 407 -19 -49 -204 230 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 2.8 55.6 7.2 20.7 9.0 56.7 3.7 3.1 10.8 3.4 1.3 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 155 : : 12 22 8 16 15 50 8 9 34 11 . : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 68,609 : : Positions : : 2,251 36,538 4,932 19,266 3,313 35,228 3,437 1,018 12,410 1,929 1,331 : : : : Changes from: December 4, 2012 : : 82 120 -578 2,530 1,339 2,500 -804 67 -319 232 280 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 3.3 53.3 7.2 28.1 4.8 51.3 5.0 1.5 18.1 2.8 1.9 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 194 : : 14 18 9 15 16 77 11 12 42 14 7 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 174,534 : : Positions : : 12,788 62,688 15,102 27,672 20,937 37,829 2,967 14,098 11,488 3,036 30,679 : : : : Changes from: December 4, 2012 : : -54 -1,428 63 1,285 1,424 -1,828 161 -36 302 -390 997 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 7.3 35.9 8.7 15.9 12.0 21.7 1.7 8.1 6.6 1.7 17.6 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 182 : : 14 21 15 12 21 42 9 19 52 20 52 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 625,088 : : Positions : : 64,997 229,666 37,817 102,835 101,300 142,494 12,629 34,571 64,254 18,072 101,058 : : : : Changes from: December 4, 2012 : : 3,217 -8,134 -3,268 11,078 3,934 1,027 -2,765 4,575 1,215 1,262 5,232 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 10.4 36.7 6.0 16.5 16.2 22.8 2.0 5.5 10.3 2.9 16.2 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 379 : : 25 23 14 23 28 93 25 53 137 47 86 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 151,575 : : Positions : : 5,617 63,808 58,551 10,448 7,477 39,284 17,161 5,804 9,288 18,806 10,932 : : : : Changes from: December 4, 2012 : : 169 5,329 -1,621 1,073 1,849 5,972 -2,670 1,653 -1,690 3,382 -904 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 3.7 42.1 38.6 6.9 4.9 25.9 11.3 3.8 6.1 12.4 7.2 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 220 : : 18 35 19 7 14 52 29 20 19 52 21 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 11,068 : : Positions : : 447 2,862 3,830 227 318 0 311 147 5,295 6,414 609 : : : : Changes from: December 4, 2012 : : -60 -110 -149 0 0 0 0 0 75 0 0 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 4.0 25.9 34.6 2.1 2.9 0.0 2.8 1.3 47.8 58.0 5.5 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 20 : : . 4 . . . 0 . . 7 4 . : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 11,119 : : Positions : : 1,634 6,002 1,318 39 76 3,804 878 67 571 1,458 805 : : : : Changes from: December 4, 2012 : : 11 20 -8 -11 7 51 68 3 9 207 9 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 14.7 54.0 11.9 0.4 0.7 34.2 7.9 0.6 5.1 13.1 7.2 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 104 : : 22 35 4 . . 28 6 . 15 11 10 : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated December 14, 2012