COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEAT-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #001602 Open Interest is 598,396 : Positions : : 104,338 245,714 156,437 134,532 126,905 154,073 21,403 549,381 550,459: 49,015 47,937 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: -98,651) : : 5,246 14,591 -78,344 -15,901 -26,708 -9,896 -6,993 -98,895 -97,454: 244 -1,197 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 17.4 41.1 26.1 22.5 21.2 25.7 3.6 91.8 92.0: 8.2 8.0 : : : Total Traders: 463 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 128 164 160 94 98 26 16 345 361: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHEAT-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #001612 Open Interest is 323,751 : Positions : : 83,807 111,849 51,721 106,858 129,254 55,483 6,940 297,869 299,765: 25,883 23,987 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: -8,732) : : 1,203 5,112 -7,760 -2,761 -3,663 1,625 -1,441 -7,693 -7,753: -1,039 -980 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 25.9 34.5 16.0 33.0 39.9 17.1 2.1 92.0 92.6: 8.0 7.4 : : : Total Traders: 285 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 81 75 73 81 76 19 6 212 205: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #002602 Open Interest is 1,856,263 : Positions : : 240,625 471,420 411,219 569,486 680,611 395,587 67,722 1,616,916 1,630,971: 239,347 225,292 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: -226,299) : : 2,038 -16,950 -134,439 -77,617 -50,376 -3,809 -11,136 -213,828 -212,901: -12,471 -13,398 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 13.0 25.4 22.2 30.7 36.7 21.3 3.6 87.1 87.9: 12.9 12.1 : : : Total Traders: 799 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 192 161 206 338 338 27 16 655 644: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #005602 Open Interest is 832,314 : Positions : : 102,779 100,635 196,701 318,988 402,916 153,506 35,317 771,974 735,569: 60,340 96,746 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: -1,238) : : 7,965 -7,829 -11,553 -3,353 8,677 5,498 4,482 -1,444 -6,223: 207 4,985 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 12.3 12.1 23.6 38.3 48.4 18.4 4.2 92.8 88.4: 7.2 11.6 : : : Total Traders: 610 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 145 169 228 182 217 26 14 487 520: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #007601 Open Interest is 485,484 : Positions : : 92,695 69,287 110,717 131,387 254,742 118,185 20,999 452,983 455,745: 32,501 29,740 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: -29,978) : : -4,879 14,545 -19,515 583 -22,984 -4,005 -3,356 -27,816 -31,310: -2,161 1,332 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 19.1 14.3 22.8 27.1 52.5 24.3 4.3 93.3 93.9: 6.7 6.1 : : : Total Traders: 314 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 83 87 110 77 76 22 11 254 233: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOYBEAN MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE CFTC Code #026603 Open Interest is 439,901 : Positions : : 75,811 40,358 76,034 135,432 272,966 108,643 20,095 395,920 409,453: 43,981 30,448 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: -2,588) : : 17,868 -3,267 -7,974 -13,047 13,171 1,884 -2,664 -1,268 -735: -1,320 -1,854 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 17.2 9.2 17.3 30.8 62.1 24.7 4.6 90.0 93.1: 10.0 6.9 : : : Total Traders: 278 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 68 61 85 91 90 23 12 237 210: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COTTON NO. 2 - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #033661 Open Interest is 283,328 : Positions : : 85,922 19,411 48,331 54,113 194,683 78,069 7,692 266,436 270,117: 16,892 13,211 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: 17,017) : : 12,589 -2,962 4,774 -1,137 14,583 -1,176 384 15,050 16,779: 1,967 238 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 30.3 6.9 17.1 19.1 68.7 27.6 2.7 94.0 95.3: 6.0 4.7 : : : Total Traders: 306 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 113 77 85 49 71 29 10 237 204: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEAN HOGS - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE CFTC Code #054642 Open Interest is 302,651 : Positions : : 79,538 28,653 79,801 30,873 141,320 91,697 5,316 281,909 255,090: 20,742 47,560 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: -2,140) : : -1,785 -829 -749 -729 -1,064 1,155 623 -2,108 -2,019: -32 -121 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 26.3 9.5 26.4 10.2 46.7 30.3 1.8 93.1 84.3: 6.9 15.7 : : : Total Traders: 315 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 98 74 130 66 89 26 11 267 249: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIVE CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE CFTC Code #057642 Open Interest is 438,052 : Positions : : 127,764 16,143 99,405 48,207 256,721 132,043 2,958 407,420 375,228: 30,633 62,824 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: -1,437) : : -2,187 327 -4,355 3,937 2,673 289 537 -2,316 -818: 879 -619 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 29.2 3.7 22.7 11.0 58.6 30.1 0.7 93.0 85.7: 7.0 14.3 : : : Total Traders: 453 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 142 70 149 119 183 28 6 367 355: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE CFTC Code #061641 Open Interest is 64,089 : Positions : : 23,231 10,276 15,744 3,807 16,494 13,339 593 56,121 43,107: 7,968 20,982 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: -255) : : -80 -719 -392 -145 416 510 378 -106 -316: -149 61 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 36.2 16.0 24.6 5.9 25.7 20.8 0.9 87.6 67.3: 12.4 32.7 : : : Total Traders: 232 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 64 44 70 43 80 21 4 169 175: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COCOA - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #073732 Open Interest is 263,874 : Positions : : 58,694 53,248 43,901 99,132 146,335 43,725 11,777 245,452 255,261: 18,422 8,613 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: 3,641) : : -430 -311 2,410 1,617 800 -533 -308 3,064 2,592: 577 1,049 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 22.2 20.2 16.6 37.6 55.5 16.6 4.5 93.0 96.7: 7.0 3.3 : : : Total Traders: 258 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 108 62 69 47 43 26 7 211 155: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUGAR NO. 11 - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #080732 Open Interest is 815,533 : Positions : : 140,541 140,465 120,835 255,281 472,207 223,786 21,538 740,442 755,045: 75,091 60,488 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: 11,230) : : 4,579 -5,949 5,450 -2,948 10,497 1,989 868 9,070 10,866: 2,160 364 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 17.2 17.2 14.8 31.3 57.9 27.4 2.6 90.8 92.6: 9.2 7.4 : : : Total Traders: 232 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 61 56 77 73 74 22 12 196 188: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 28, 2017 : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable :---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COFFEE C - ICE FUTURES U.S. CFTC Code #083731 Open Interest is 222,326 : Positions : : 36,252 78,114 56,635 74,274 75,030 42,256 4,673 209,417 214,451: 12,909 7,876 : : : Changes from: November 21, 2017 (Change in open interest: -5,486) : : 420 -6,582 1,543 -5,518 -297 -619 180 -4,174 -5,156: -1,313 -330 : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 16.3 35.1 25.5 33.4 33.7 19.0 2.1 94.2 96.5: 5.8 3.5 : : : Total Traders: 479 Number of Traders in Each Category : : 156 145 143 123 101 27 16 380 345: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated December 1, 2017