VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/16/05 |
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NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS
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Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short
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($100 X VBI) OPEN INTEREST: 14,417
COMMITMENTS
5,689 2,238 490 4,015 9,156 10,194 11,884 4,223 2,533
CHANGES FROM 08/09/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 2,193)
193 -46 -74 730 376 849 256 1,344 1,937
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER
39.5 15.5 3.4 27.8 63.5 70.7 82.4 29.3 17.6
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 44)
24 4 10 6 5 40 17
Updated August 19, 2005