COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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-SRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #001602 Open Interest is 581,401
: Positions :
: 102,293 239,317 153,614 124,100 119,118 156,802 23,381 536,810 535,431: 44,591 45,970
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: -16,995) :
: -2,045 -6,396 -2,823 -10,432 -7,786 2,730 1,978 -12,570 -15,028: -4,424 -1,967
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 17.6 41.2 26.4 21.3 20.5 27.0 4.0 92.3 92.1: 7.7 7.9
: :
: Total Traders: 439 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 118 163 141 92 98 26 15 321 341:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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-HRW - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #001612 Open Interest is 322,937
: Positions :
: 87,406 110,796 50,343 106,027 130,545 54,117 9,060 297,893 300,744: 25,044 22,193
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: -815) :
: 3,599 -1,053 -1,378 -831 1,291 -1,366 2,120 24 979: -839 -1,794
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 27.1 34.3 15.6 32.8 40.4 16.8 2.8 92.2 93.1: 7.8 6.9
: :
: Total Traders: 283 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 83 69 71 82 76 19 7 213 199:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 1,792,019
: Positions :
: 247,596 449,917 413,000 516,780 654,933 388,952 61,840 1,566,327 1,579,689: 225,692 212,329
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: -64,244) :
: 6,971 -21,503 1,781 -52,706 -25,678 -6,635 -5,882 -50,589 -51,282: -13,655 -12,963
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 13.8 25.1 23.0 28.8 36.5 21.7 3.5 87.4 88.2: 12.6 11.8
: :
: Total Traders: 815 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 187 177 206 334 339 28 16 653 645:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 889,756
: Positions :
: 124,057 93,496 221,964 320,801 431,026 158,261 41,156 825,082 787,642: 64,673 102,114
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: 57,442) :
: 21,278 -7,139 25,263 1,812 28,110 4,755 5,839 53,108 52,073: 4,333 5,368
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 13.9 10.5 24.9 36.1 48.4 17.8 4.6 92.7 88.5: 7.3 11.5
: :
: Total Traders: 631 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 165 167 245 183 219 27 13 518 531:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 501,657
: Positions :
: 92,352 73,335 115,725 137,570 258,677 122,161 24,012 467,807 471,748: 33,850 29,909
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: 16,173) :
: -343 4,048 5,008 6,182 3,935 3,976 3,012 14,824 16,003: 1,349 170
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 18.4 14.6 23.1 27.4 51.6 24.4 4.8 93.3 94.0: 6.7 6.0
: :
: Total Traders: 317 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 91 75 110 81 80 23 13 262 235:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 MEAL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #026603 Open Interest is 475,596
: Positions :
: 97,633 33,830 89,148 130,028 304,971 113,374 20,227 430,183 448,176: 45,413 27,420
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: 35,695) :
: 21,822 -6,528 13,114 -5,403 32,006 4,731 132 34,264 38,724: 1,432 -3,028
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 20.5 7.1 18.7 27.3 64.1 23.8 4.3 90.5 94.2: 9.5 5.8
: :
: Total Traders: 309 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 97 63 94 91 93 23 14 264 227:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 297,489
: Positions :
: 95,133 18,724 50,854 54,389 204,920 79,680 9,423 280,056 283,920: 17,433 13,569
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: 14,161) :
: 9,211 -687 2,522 276 10,237 1,611 1,731 13,620 13,803: 541 358
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 32.0 6.3 17.1 18.3 68.9 26.8 3.2 94.1 95.4: 5.9 4.6
: :
: Total Traders: 311 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 118 76 90 51 75 28 11 251 205:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 306,338
: Positions :
: 83,574 29,594 80,035 30,211 140,450 92,240 8,237 286,061 258,316: 20,277 48,022
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: 3,687) :
: 4,037 941 234 -661 -870 544 2,921 4,152 3,226: -465 462
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 27.3 9.7 26.1 9.9 45.8 30.1 2.7 93.4 84.3: 6.6 15.7
: :
: Total Traders: 317 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 94 83 121 69 91 27 13 263 250:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 405,396
: Positions :
: 123,170 17,847 75,185 45,889 247,801 131,486 4,340 375,730 345,173: 29,666 60,223
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: -32,657) :
: -4,594 1,704 -24,221 -2,318 -8,920 -557 1,381 -31,690 -30,055: -967 -2,601
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 30.4 4.4 18.5 11.3 61.1 32.4 1.1 92.7 85.1: 7.3 14.9
: :
: Total Traders: 432 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 132 71 128 110 174 27 6 337 334:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 66,641
: Positions :
: 22,671 11,231 16,036 4,521 16,331 14,758 1,169 57,986 44,767: 8,655 21,874
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: 2,551) :
: -561 955 292 715 -163 1,419 576 1,865 1,660: 687 892
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 34.0 16.9 24.1 6.8 24.5 22.1 1.8 87.0 67.2: 13.0 32.8
: :
: Total Traders: 234 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 59 53 72 46 78 21 5 169 182:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 271,903
: Positions :
: 58,336 59,572 46,230 104,679 143,662 44,105 11,856 253,349 261,319: 18,554 10,584
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: 8,029) :
: -359 6,323 2,329 5,547 -2,673 379 79 7,897 6,058: 132 1,971
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 21.5 21.9 17.0 38.5 52.8 16.2 4.4 93.2 96.1: 6.8 3.9
: :
: Total Traders: 276 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 111 74 73 46 42 26 8 216 172:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 815,819
: Positions :
: 137,354 136,431 128,525 256,506 470,420 220,033 21,530 742,418 756,907: 73,401 58,912
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: 286) :
: -3,187 -4,034 7,690 1,225 -1,787 -3,753 -7 1,976 1,862: -1,690 -1,576
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 16.8 16.7 15.8 31.4 57.7 27.0 2.6 91.0 92.8: 9.0 7.2
: :
: Total Traders: 239 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 68 52 79 75 76 23 14 205 192:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 05, 2017
: 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 220,200
: Positions :
: 35,787 73,207 56,067 72,221 78,059 42,755 4,384 206,830 211,717: 13,370 8,484
: :
: Changes from: November 28, 2017 (Change in open interest: -2,126) :
: -465 -4,907 -568 -2,054 3,029 500 -289 -2,587 -2,734: 461 608
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 16.3 33.2 25.5 32.8 35.4 19.4 2.0 93.9 96.1: 6.1 3.9
: :
: Total Traders: 499 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 159 150 152 128 106 28 15 394 362:
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Updated December 8, 2017