WHEAT - MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN EXCHANGE
Commitments of Traders with Delta-adjusted Options and Futures Combined, March 8, 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 : 35,132: 1,111 2,902 1,052 21,248 18,635 23,411 22,590: 11,721 12,542
Old : 27,532: 1,877 2,838 170 16,136 13,933 18,183 16,942: 9,349 10,590
Other: 7,600: 49 879 67 5,112 4,702 5,228 5,648: 2,372 1,952
: : :
: : Changes in Commitments from: March 1, 2005 :
: -990: 48 -725 -371 -493 -374 -816 -1,470: -174 480
: : :
: : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
All : 100.0: 3.2 8.3 3.0 60.5 53.0 66.6 64.3: 33.4 35.7
Old : 100.0: 6.8 10.3 0.6 58.6 50.6 66.0 61.5: 34.0 38.5
Other: 100.0: 0.6 11.6 0.9 67.3 61.9 68.8 74.3: 31.2 25.7
: : :
:# Traders : Number of Traders in Each Category :
All : 38: 5 7 3 21 20 28 28:
Old : 38: 6 6 2 17 20 24 27:
Other: 24: 1 2 2 13 15 15 18:
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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 : 34.1 33.0 50.1 44.9 21.2 17.6 31.7 24.7
Old : 40.4 32.1 51.5 44.8 22.3 21.1 31.9 29.1
Other: 44.8 44.2 62.5 65.1 39.1 41.4 53.2 57.5
Updated March 11, 2005