WHEAT - MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN EXCHANGE
Commitments of Traders - Futures Only, April 19, 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 : 36,467: 2,315 10,207 1,710 22,980 14,176 27,005 26,093: 9,462 10,374
Old : 25,547: 3,324 10,177 536 14,998 8,614 18,858 19,327: 6,689 6,220
Other: 10,920: 160 1,199 5 7,982 5,562 8,147 6,766: 2,773 4,154
: : :
: : Changes in Commitments from: April 12, 2005 :
: 6,371: 792 5,859 624 3,514 -663 4,930 5,820: 1,441 551
: : :
: : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
All : 100.0: 6.3 28.0 4.7 63.0 38.9 74.1 71.6: 25.9 28.4
Old : 100.0: 13.0 39.8 2.1 58.7 33.7 73.8 75.7: 26.2 24.3
Other: 100.0: 1.5 11.0 0.0 73.1 50.9 74.6 62.0: 25.4 38.0
: : :
:# Traders : Number of Traders in Each Category :
All : 51: 9 14 9 26 14 40 33:
Old : 51: 13 11 4 24 13 37 28:
Other: 30: 4 6 3 15 12 20 20:
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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 : 33.2 32.1 47.9 47.9 28.4 27.5 38.7 37.6
Old : 34.0 38.1 46.7 53.6 29.8 38.1 41.2 48.3
Other: 45.7 38.1 64.7 50.5 40.8 31.0 54.9 40.5
Updated April 22, 2005