WHEAT - MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN EXCHANGE
Commitments of Traders - Futures Only, March 15, 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 : 35,268: 1,689 2,185 884 21,504 19,131 24,077 22,200: 11,191 13,068
Old : 26,850: 2,452 1,995 5 15,467 14,328 17,924 16,328: 8,926 10,522
Other: 8,418: 66 1,019 50 6,037 4,803 6,153 5,872: 2,265 2,546
: : :
: : Changes in Commitments from: March 8, 2005 :
: 2,303: 405 -717 25 1,426 1,327 1,856 635: 447 1,668
: : :
: : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
All : 100.0: 4.8 6.2 2.5 61.0 54.2 68.3 62.9: 31.7 37.1
Old : 100.0: 9.1 7.4 0.0 57.6 53.4 66.8 60.8: 33.2 39.2
Other: 100.0: 0.8 12.1 0.6 71.7 57.1 73.1 69.8: 26.9 30.2
: : :
:# Traders : Number of Traders in Each Category :
All : 36: 4 6 2 21 16 27 22:
Old : 36: 6 4 1 17 16 23 21:
Other: 23: 1 2 1 12 13 14 15:
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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 : 32.6 33.3 48.8 44.6 22.3 19.7 34.2 26.9
Old : 38.0 34.3 51.0 45.9 25.2 25.8 37.6 35.5
Other: 42.4 42.1 65.0 60.0 37.4 40.0 56.7 52.4
Updated March 18, 2005