COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 518,577
: Positions :
: 65,024 118,393 151,102 93,567 149,782 175,433 53,364 485,126 472,642: 33,451 45,935
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: -5,105) :
: -538 -3,812 2,910 -6,824 -5,304 1,583 348 -2,869 -5,858: -2,236 752
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 12.5 22.8 29.1 18.0 28.9 33.8 10.3 93.5 91.1: 6.5 8.9
: :
: Total Traders: 404 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 106 114 138 89 113 46 23 319 320:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 307,773
: Positions :
: 74,507 84,183 60,924 73,185 124,220 71,758 17,036 280,374 286,363: 27,398 21,410
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: 8,370) :
: 1,845 686 3,713 -372 4,016 3,314 1,430 8,499 9,845: -129 -1,475
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 24.2 27.4 19.8 23.8 40.4 23.3 5.5 91.1 93.0: 8.9 7.0
: :
: Total Traders: 279 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 72 59 71 80 88 34 12 214 204:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 1,900,969
: Positions :
: 253,970 224,222 419,091 567,279 912,691 448,205 127,027 1,688,545 1,683,031: 212,424 217,938
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: 17,724) :
: 9,378 -34,447 5,089 5,740 50,672 -345 -8,599 19,862 12,715: -2,138 5,008
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 13.4 11.8 22.0 29.8 48.0 23.6 6.7 88.8 88.5: 11.2 11.5
: :
: Total Traders: 846 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 167 137 192 354 398 47 24 667 670:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 883,438
: Positions :
: 63,024 126,876 232,019 326,293 364,375 195,754 55,344 817,089 778,614: 66,348 104,823
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: -4,408) :
: -9,107 -9,281 -3,429 12,318 4,460 -2,788 -1,014 -3,006 -9,265: -1,402 4,856
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 7.1 14.4 26.3 36.9 41.2 22.2 6.3 92.5 88.1: 7.5 11.9
: :
: Total Traders: 602 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 113 168 194 201 228 47 28 484 508:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 533,381
: Positions :
: 63,785 106,355 147,335 160,363 229,802 122,937 18,256 494,420 501,748: 38,961 31,634
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: -21,438) :
: -2,720 -13,506 -1,165 -16,253 1,787 -2,269 -8,237 -22,407 -21,122: 969 -316
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 12.0 19.9 27.6 30.1 43.1 23.0 3.4 92.7 94.1: 7.3 5.9
: :
: Total Traders: 320 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 67 78 111 82 73 36 18 253 245:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 488,389
: Positions :
: 45,122 61,538 109,329 165,113 249,817 111,799 28,851 431,364 449,535: 57,024 38,854
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: -9,488) :
: -3,428 3,743 -1,865 339 -7,432 -4,475 -5,472 -9,429 -11,026: -60 1,538
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 9.2 12.6 22.4 33.8 51.2 22.9 5.9 88.3 92.0: 11.7 8.0
: :
: Total Traders: 291 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 56 62 93 105 85 32 15 250 218:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 269,799
: Positions :
: 42,758 18,798 56,980 60,007 170,494 93,260 11,982 253,005 258,255: 16,794 11,544
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: -1,049) :
: -352 -1,744 173 -1,230 1,847 894 -419 -514 -142: -535 -906
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 15.8 7.0 21.1 22.2 63.2 34.6 4.4 93.8 95.7: 6.2 4.3
: :
: Total Traders: 270 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 89 54 88 51 65 44 18 227 195:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 287,085
: Positions :
: 40,936 25,233 96,930 32,911 109,899 90,941 13,970 261,719 246,034: 25,366 41,051
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: -5,034) :
: -380 1,363 -5,582 181 685 842 392 -4,939 -3,142: -95 -1,891
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 14.3 8.8 33.8 11.5 38.3 31.7 4.9 91.2 85.7: 8.8 14.3
: :
: Total Traders: 317 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 99 74 116 67 85 39 18 271 243:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 376,515
: Positions :
: 68,161 22,721 82,686 50,447 213,761 142,287 4,739 343,581 323,907: 32,934 52,608
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: -8,975) :
: -3,302 -4,153 -6,756 -2,108 940 1,918 -1,786 -10,248 -11,755: 1,274 2,780
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 18.1 6.0 22.0 13.4 56.8 37.8 1.3 91.3 86.0: 8.7 14.0
: :
: Total Traders: 426 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 113 71 139 119 161 48 14 356 331:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 57,362
: Positions :
: 6,579 17,398 14,334 8,993 10,023 17,173 1,281 47,080 43,037: 10,282 14,325
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: -814) :
: 265 -1,031 -46 -187 212 -1,441 -17 -1,408 -881: 594 67
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 11.5 30.3 25.0 15.7 17.5 29.9 2.2 82.1 75.0: 17.9 25.0
: :
: Total Traders: 185 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 40 52 53 41 44 27 10 142 134:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 275,297
: Positions :
: 36,617 55,906 56,226 111,642 133,303 58,762 21,097 263,247 266,531: 12,050 8,765
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: -3,202) :
: 487 451 1,300 -2,896 -5,163 -759 837 -1,869 -2,575: -1,333 -626
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 13.3 20.3 20.4 40.6 48.4 21.3 7.7 95.6 96.8: 4.4 3.2
: :
: Total Traders: 219 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 59 67 63 43 45 35 16 173 159:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 992,639
: Positions :
: 79,297 130,055 213,295 322,940 544,701 299,473 49,040 915,004 937,090: 77,635 55,549
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: -1,390) :
: -1,742 -4,847 -4,129 6,179 9,771 -5,252 165 -4,943 961: 3,553 -2,351
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 8.0 13.1 21.5 32.5 54.9 30.2 4.9 92.2 94.4: 7.8 5.6
: :
: Total Traders: 254 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 54 61 84 84 78 37 25 222 207:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of December 11, 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 313,327
: Positions :
: 25,188 80,291 76,615 130,357 123,616 66,483 25,476 298,643 305,997: 14,684 7,330
: :
: Changes from: December 4, 2018 (Change in open interest: 21,108) :
: 3,212 9,770 8,906 8,281 1,899 -941 292 19,460 20,867: 1,649 242
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 8.0 25.6 24.5 41.6 39.5 21.2 8.1 95.3 97.7: 4.7 2.3
: :
: Total Traders: 469 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 118 137 131 143 114 46 26 381 345:
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Updated December 14, 2018