COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 605,554
: Positions :
: 99,030 137,069 200,448 94,574 191,894 178,746 31,917 572,798 561,328: 32,757 44,226
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: -6,414) :
: -3,809 8,476 -8,842 4,183 -4,609 1,834 -591 -6,633 -5,566: 220 -847
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 16.4 22.6 33.1 15.6 31.7 29.5 5.3 94.6 92.7: 5.4 7.3
: :
: Total Traders: 432 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 116 139 156 93 117 30 15 340 344:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 284,114
: Positions :
: 67,645 32,629 70,282 60,078 141,734 63,846 13,445 261,852 258,091: 22,262 26,023
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: 1,784) :
: -3,349 -1,101 1,851 4,460 -2,765 -1,132 3,113 1,829 1,097: -44 687
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 23.8 11.5 24.7 21.1 49.9 22.5 4.7 92.2 90.8: 7.8 9.2
: :
: Total Traders: 264 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 86 42 80 71 90 21 7 214 197:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 2,406,162
: Positions :
: 421,894 208,104 682,673 648,052 1,161,540 429,598 59,462 2,182,216 2,111,778: 223,946 294,383
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: 43,742) :
: -8,368 15,837 22,208 16,448 -5,918 3,342 6,221 33,630 38,347: 10,113 5,395
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 17.5 8.6 28.4 26.9 48.3 17.9 2.5 90.7 87.8: 9.3 12.2
: :
: Total Traders: 975 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 250 172 275 387 432 32 21 800 790:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 1,069,154
: Positions :
: 176,851 87,366 245,360 376,846 576,830 211,294 38,762 1,010,351 948,319: 58,803 120,835
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: 34,850) :
: -6,714 14,349 19,699 15,897 3,028 5,967 2,428 34,849 39,503: 1 -4,654
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 16.5 8.2 22.9 35.2 54.0 19.8 3.6 94.5 88.7: 5.5 11.3
: :
: Total Traders: 713 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 204 162 244 217 266 31 15 568 584:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 536,377
: Positions :
: 108,480 147,282 129,108 149,474 222,833 109,301 4,955 496,362 504,180: 40,015 32,197
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: -2,605) :
: 3,559 -7,742 6,022 -11,015 1,677 -204 -1,097 -1,638 -1,140: -967 -1,465
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 20.2 27.5 24.1 27.9 41.5 20.4 0.9 92.5 94.0: 7.5 6.0
: :
: Total Traders: 372 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 90 111 125 83 79 24 11 280 280:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 588,612
: Positions :
: 142,804 23,598 130,888 156,400 382,946 108,503 18,188 538,596 555,620: 50,016 32,992
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: 7,951) :
: -7,335 3,203 3,997 9,852 -766 3,280 1,053 9,794 7,488: -1,843 463
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 24.3 4.0 22.2 26.6 65.1 18.4 3.1 91.5 94.4: 8.5 5.6
: :
: Total Traders: 336 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 129 42 108 97 108 24 11 290 245:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 350,885
: Positions :
: 111,285 14,512 66,536 61,879 251,193 90,023 4,945 329,722 337,186: 21,162 13,698
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: -5,276) :
: -5,818 1,103 14 -121 -7,704 136 -349 -5,789 -6,935: 513 1,660
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 31.7 4.1 19.0 17.6 71.6 25.7 1.4 94.0 96.1: 6.0 3.9
: :
: Total Traders: 329 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 158 52 92 60 77 31 14 291 197:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 293,640
: Positions :
: 44,288 65,772 95,038 48,444 83,874 82,948 11,904 270,719 256,588: 22,922 37,053
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: -5,311) :
: -844 -231 -4,991 -1,417 -2,002 3,335 1,441 -3,916 -5,783: -1,395 471
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 15.1 22.4 32.4 16.5 28.6 28.2 4.1 92.2 87.4: 7.8 12.6
: :
: Total Traders: 321 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 88 100 127 77 76 24 12 258 263:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 432,373
: Positions :
: 77,616 87,774 115,457 79,050 175,443 116,335 1,529 388,458 380,204: 43,915 52,169
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: 4,232) :
: -2,210 3,941 -371 2,613 -265 1,038 -318 1,069 2,986: 3,163 1,245
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 18.0 20.3 26.7 18.3 40.6 26.9 0.4 89.8 87.9: 10.2 12.1
: :
: Total Traders: 447 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 115 122 154 147 157 29 8 373 371:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 57,504
: Positions :
: 7,154 14,474 16,042 10,674 11,154 12,738 1,651 46,608 43,321: 10,896 14,182
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: 2,928) :
: 317 1,274 1,893 188 -587 8 307 2,406 2,886: 522 41
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 12.4 25.2 27.9 18.6 19.4 22.2 2.9 81.1 75.3: 18.9 24.7
: :
: Total Traders: 211 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 39 61 59 59 54 22 9 152 162:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 375,229
: Positions :
: 102,814 52,829 103,993 102,243 189,505 50,998 18,474 360,048 364,801: 15,181 10,428
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: 1,375) :
: -2,806 -4,732 1,583 1,531 4,182 1,682 617 1,989 1,649: -614 -274
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 27.4 14.1 27.7 27.2 50.5 13.6 4.9 96.0 97.2: 4.0 2.8
: :
: Total Traders: 256 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 97 75 82 41 43 24 9 215 165:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 1,158,347
: Positions :
: 170,490 321,053 272,793 371,997 461,491 256,262 22,713 1,071,542 1,078,050: 86,805 80,297
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: 17,902) :
: 1,819 -504 5,621 4,755 12,351 4,019 2,786 16,214 20,255: 1,688 -2,353
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 14.7 27.7 23.6 32.1 39.8 22.1 2.0 92.5 93.1: 7.5 6.9
: :
: Total Traders: 291 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 72 96 98 78 73 23 13 233 230:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of May 15, 2018
: 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 300,829
: Positions :
: 43,431 93,166 82,449 110,836 104,723 46,313 11,618 283,029 291,956: 17,800 8,873
: :
: Changes from: May 8, 2018 (Change in open interest: 13,447) :
: 648 8,599 4,926 4,663 -2,863 1,482 2,677 11,720 13,339: 1,727 108
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 14.4 31.0 27.4 36.8 34.8 15.4 3.9 94.1 97.1: 5.9 2.9
: :
: Total Traders: 559 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 190 167 164 144 121 27 18 444 403:
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Updated May 18, 2018