Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and 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 30,682 : : Positions : : 779 16,138 2,133 6,658 2,781 18,010 1,617 631 3,357 1,205 442 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : -33 -106 19 602 164 1,456 536 -280 196 216 55 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 2.5 52.6 7.0 21.7 9.1 58.7 5.3 2.1 10.9 3.9 1.4 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 162 : : 11 21 8 16 15 49 11 8 34 16 5 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and 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 68,305 : : Positions : : 1,707 37,107 5,450 19,866 3,193 36,706 2,686 1,085 11,818 1,724 1,036 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : -544 569 518 600 -119 1,479 -751 67 -592 -205 -295 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 2.5 54.3 8.0 29.1 4.7 53.7 3.9 1.6 17.3 2.5 1.5 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 193 : : 11 18 11 14 16 74 9 11 45 14 10 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and 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 174,704 : : Positions : : 13,369 61,846 16,190 26,488 20,575 33,403 3,284 14,664 11,802 3,185 33,137 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : 581 -841 1,088 -1,184 -362 -4,427 317 567 314 149 2,458 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 7.7 35.4 9.3 15.2 11.8 19.1 1.9 8.4 6.8 1.8 19.0 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 184 : : 15 19 14 12 22 40 9 20 56 20 61 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and 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 633,191 : : Positions : : 66,273 216,634 41,112 97,538 106,195 132,662 20,241 36,803 67,062 19,975 106,614 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : 1,277 -13,031 3,294 -5,297 4,896 -9,832 7,611 2,232 2,807 1,903 5,556 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 10.5 34.2 6.5 15.4 16.8 21.0 3.2 5.8 10.6 3.2 16.8 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 387 : : 26 25 17 23 31 91 35 52 132 49 89 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and 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 154,107 : : Positions : : 6,404 66,147 56,409 10,415 8,112 42,233 17,702 5,965 9,284 18,782 10,238 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : 788 2,338 -2,142 -33 635 2,949 541 161 -4 -24 -693 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 4.2 42.9 36.6 6.8 5.3 27.4 11.5 3.9 6.0 12.2 6.6 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 221 : : 20 34 19 7 15 52 27 19 20 53 20 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and 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- Options and 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 11,025 : : Positions : : 1,011 5,747 1,317 63 70 4,141 876 89 566 1,262 1,006 : : : : Changes from: December 11, 2012 : : -623 -255 -1 24 -6 337 -2 22 -5 -196 201 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 9.2 52.1 11.9 0.6 0.6 37.6 7.9 0.8 5.1 11.4 9.1 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 101 : : 19 32 4 . . 33 6 . 14 9 9 : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated December 21, 2012