Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 24, 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 29,210 : : Positions : : 609 16,202 2,109 6,442 1,446 18,066 1,297 517 3,411 2,027 480 : : : : Changes from: December 18, 2012 : : -170 63 -24 -216 -1,334 55 -320 -113 53 822 38 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 2.1 55.5 7.2 22.1 5.0 61.8 4.4 1.8 11.7 6.9 1.6 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 161 : : 11 20 9 15 13 47 9 7 33 20 6 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 24, 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 64,410 : : Positions : : 2,811 34,717 5,479 18,056 2,565 32,758 3,530 999 11,443 1,646 847 : : : : Changes from: December 18, 2012 : : 1,104 -2,390 29 -1,810 -628 -3,949 844 -86 -375 -78 -189 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 4.4 53.9 8.5 28.0 4.0 50.9 5.5 1.6 17.8 2.6 1.3 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 180 : : 15 17 10 13 16 57 16 9 47 11 10 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 24, 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 180,136 : : Positions : : 14,998 57,726 19,826 26,232 21,027 27,572 4,459 17,237 11,428 2,382 39,266 : : : : Changes from: December 18, 2012 : : 1,629 -4,121 3,636 -256 452 -5,831 1,175 2,572 -374 -803 6,129 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 8.3 32.0 11.0 14.6 11.7 15.3 2.5 9.6 6.3 1.3 21.8 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 190 : : 16 18 16 11 22 36 15 24 59 20 60 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 24, 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 630,843 : : Positions : : 70,194 207,066 39,862 92,885 110,035 128,155 26,233 37,509 64,512 17,287 110,633 : : : : Changes from: December 18, 2012 : : 3,921 -9,568 -1,249 -4,654 3,840 -4,507 5,993 706 -2,549 -2,688 4,019 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 11.1 32.8 6.3 14.7 17.4 20.3 4.2 5.9 10.2 2.7 17.5 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 381 : : 25 22 15 24 29 83 42 53 139 40 87 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 24, 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 148,703 : : Positions : : 7,606 62,053 55,981 10,272 7,475 35,797 20,809 6,371 9,798 17,080 10,364 : : : : Changes from: December 18, 2012 : : 1,202 -4,094 -428 -143 -637 -6,436 3,107 406 515 -1,702 125 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 5.1 41.7 37.6 6.9 5.0 24.1 14.0 4.3 6.6 11.5 7.0 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 197 : : 21 31 18 8 13 40 30 19 19 38 21 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 24, 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 10,582 : : Positions : : 501 2,994 2,705 227 673 0 41 217 5,499 5,613 637 : : : : Changes from: December 18, 2012 : : 54 132 0 0 0 0 -150 50 0 0 0 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 4.7 28.3 25.6 2.1 6.4 0.0 0.4 2.1 52.0 53.0 6.0 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 20 : : . 5 . . . 0 . . 7 4 . : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of December 24, 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 11,206 : : Positions : : 1,005 5,709 1,314 66 82 4,080 883 86 460 1,286 1,414 : : : : Changes from: December 18, 2012 : : -6 -38 -3 3 12 -61 7 -3 -106 25 407 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 9.0 50.9 11.7 0.6 0.7 36.4 7.9 0.8 4.1 11.5 12.6 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 101 : : 21 30 4 . . 34 6 . 10 14 8 : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated December 28, 2012