WHEAT - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE Code-001612
Commitments of Traders - Futures Only, December 27, 2005
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: Total : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Positions
: Open : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Total :
: Interest : Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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: : (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) :
: : :
All : 125,103: 44,266 4,059 9,470 49,156 91,628 102,892 105,157: 22,211 19,946
Old : 81,949: 33,789 3,425 591 33,491 64,668 67,871 68,684: 14,078 13,265
Other: 43,154: 14,846 5,003 4,510 15,665 26,960 35,021 36,473: 8,133 6,681
: : :
: : Changes in Commitments from: December 20, 2005 :
: 745: 2,415 -3,781 105 -651 5,212 1,869 1,536: -1,124 -791
: : :
: : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
All : 100.0: 35.4 3.2 7.6 39.3 73.2 82.2 84.1: 17.8 15.9
Old : 100.0: 41.2 4.2 0.7 40.9 78.9 82.8 83.8: 17.2 16.2
Other: 100.0: 34.4 11.6 10.5 36.3 62.5 81.2 84.5: 18.8 15.5
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:# Traders : Number of Traders in Each Category :
All : 163: 67 14 36 43 57 121 102:
Old : 144: 62 11 5 33 51 96 66:
Other: 108: 28 22 18 25 46 60 81:
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: Percent of Open Interest Held by the Indicated Number of the Largest Traders
: By Gross Position By Net Position
: 4 or Less Traders 8 or Less Traders 4 or Less Traders 8 or Less Traders
: Long: Short Long Short: Long Short Long Short
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All : 22.4 47.5 32.5 57.4 16.5 40.1 25.1 44.7
Old : 28.0 56.4 37.0 62.3 27.5 55.0 36.1 60.1
Other: 30.9 48.0 45.0 56.8 30.9 43.1 44.8 50.2
Updated December 30, 2005