COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #001602 Open Interest is 440,958
: Positions :
: 21,790 58,731 190,549 37,032 114,438 161,314 25,229 410,686 388,948: 30,272 52,010
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: 6,447) :
: -6,108 1,855 9,566 2,503 -9,996 744 2,983 6,706 4,408: -259 2,039
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 4.9 13.3 43.2 8.4 26.0 36.6 5.7 93.1 88.2: 6.9 11.8
: :
: Total Traders: 342 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 69 117 160 67 82 24 16 276 305:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #001612 Open Interest is 100,201
: Positions :
: 11,896 11,456 14,773 31,894 42,771 19,527 2,066 78,091 71,066: 22,110 29,135
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: 4,311) :
: -475 171 -516 -858 -383 1,001 93 -849 -635: 5,160 4,946
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 11.9 11.4 14.7 31.8 42.7 19.5 2.1 77.9 70.9: 22.1 29.1
: :
: Total Traders: 124 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 18 21 23 48 57 18 7 100 97:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 1,712,370
: Positions :
: 77,023 121,407 701,661 474,438 592,991 304,973 78,966 1,558,095 1,495,025: 154,275 217,345
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: -1,931) :
: -4,194 17,651 12,288 8,421 -26,659 -7,754 6,474 8,761 9,754: -10,692 -11,685
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 4.5 7.1 41.0 27.7 34.6 17.8 4.6 91.0 87.3: 9.0 12.7
: :
: Total Traders: 728 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 139 202 286 277 292 24 16 625 650:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 425,124
: Positions :
: 29,548 20,518 142,043 90,785 181,623 113,349 11,131 375,725 355,316: 49,399 69,808
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: 12,166) :
: -4,496 4,157 11,404 3,552 -8,780 -479 543 9,982 7,324: 2,185 4,842
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 7.0 4.8 33.4 21.4 42.7 26.7 2.6 88.4 83.6: 11.6 16.4
: :
: Total Traders: 339 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 92 81 130 91 118 24 15 269 298:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 334,827
: Positions :
: 10,807 23,020 108,008 136,278 166,704 59,718 12,215 314,811 309,947: 20,016 24,880
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: 3,690) :
: -596 -2,038 5,281 6,791 -2,476 -4,559 1,992 6,916 2,759: -3,227 930
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 3.2 6.9 32.3 40.7 49.8 17.8 3.6 94.0 92.6: 6.0 7.4
: :
: Total Traders: 194 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 34 48 74 59 58 15 12 159 167:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 212,420
: Positions :
: 19,710 23,565 57,076 44,815 111,359 76,174 6,638 197,775 198,639: 14,645 13,781
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: -92,120) :
: -663 -5 -60,049 -29,359 -31,371 -3,493 -2,736 -93,564 -94,161: 1,444 2,041
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 9.3 11.1 26.9 21.1 52.4 35.9 3.1 93.1 93.5: 6.9 6.5
: :
: Total Traders: 206 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 59 58 58 48 56 23 8 156 158:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 194,835
: Positions :
: 31,555 27,760 46,302 20,321 86,678 79,085 2,797 177,263 163,537: 17,572 31,297
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: -2,369) :
: 1,409 2,234 -277 -312 -3,242 -3,471 -1,891 -2,651 -3,176: 282 807
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 16.2 14.2 23.8 10.4 44.5 40.6 1.4 91.0 83.9: 9.0 16.1
: :
: Total Traders: 214 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 60 59 79 31 50 21 8 152 172:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 263,965
: Positions :
: 33,414 38,504 63,370 38,856 111,765 109,681 3,790 245,322 217,430: 18,644 46,536
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: -2,279) :
: -1,717 -2,651 -4,161 2,950 3,394 -1,882 -738 -4,809 -4,156: 2,531 1,877
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 12.7 14.6 24.0 14.7 42.3 41.6 1.4 92.9 82.4: 7.1 17.6
: :
: Total Traders: 313 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 61 67 82 91 144 23 9 223 265:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 20,530
: Positions :
: 4,347 6,722 1,862 3,765 2,590 6,683 563 16,657 11,737: 3,873 8,793
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: -209) :
: -149 -578 -186 -374 501 371 -155 -338 -418: 129 209
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 21.2 32.7 9.1 18.3 12.6 32.6 2.7 81.1 57.2: 18.9 42.8
: :
: Total Traders: 88 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 18 24 18 17 15 19 3 67 48:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 122,840
: Positions :
: 27,163 21,216 17,121 58,560 68,529 13,894 8,759 116,739 115,624: 6,101 7,216
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: -40,220) :
: -1,928 -1,483 -17,916 -11,277 -14,058 -11,296 -9,507 -42,417 -42,965: 2,198 2,745
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 22.1 17.3 13.9 47.7 55.8 11.3 7.1 95.0 94.1: 5.0 5.9
: :
: Total Traders: 124 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 25 31 25 39 35 19 4 98 84:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 957,776
: Positions :
: 74,805 55,679 250,428 249,421 514,385 315,411 70,734 890,065 891,226: 67,711 66,550
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: 7,509) :
: -5,557 6,117 2,691 7,338 -3,907 3,275 -167 7,747 4,734: -238 2,775
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 7.8 5.8 26.1 26.0 53.7 32.9 7.4 92.9 93.1: 7.1 6.9
: :
: Total Traders: 221 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 51 58 73 71 72 23 13 190 177:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of November 11, 2008
: 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 194,994
: Positions :
: 14,096 29,118 67,010 66,967 89,473 40,772 3,169 188,846 188,770: 6,148 6,224
: :
: Changes from: November 4, 2008 (Change in open interest: -1,095) :
: 2,420 4,093 -5,484 4,761 1,412 -2,157 -915 -460 -895: -635 -200
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 7.2 14.9 34.4 34.3 45.9 20.9 1.6 96.8 96.8: 3.2 3.2
: :
: Total Traders: 349 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 101 77 104 114 112 22 9 284 268:
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Updated November 20, 2008