COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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WHEAT - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #001602 Open Interest is 442,906
: Positions :
: 42,166 64,996 137,577 35,970 157,830 196,964 25,672 412,677 386,075: 30,229 56,831
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: -6,996) :
: -477 -2,707 1,761 -798 2,059 -7,222 -7,434 -6,736 -6,320: -261 -676
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 9.5 14.7 31.1 8.1 35.6 44.5 5.8 93.2 87.2: 6.8 12.8
: :
: Total Traders: 369 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 87 126 164 68 90 26 18 295 318:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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WHEAT - KANSAS CITY BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #001612 Open Interest is 103,695
: Positions :
: 14,189 8,614 15,752 30,177 48,593 24,476 893 84,594 73,852: 19,101 29,843
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: -1,931) :
: 719 -1,495 -2,224 189 2,253 -483 221 -1,800 -1,246: -131 -685
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 13.7 8.3 15.2 29.1 46.9 23.6 0.9 81.6 71.2: 18.4 28.8
: :
: Total Traders: 141 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 21 17 27 53 60 20 6 112 102:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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CORN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #002602 Open Interest is 1,958,525
: Positions :
: 150,460 88,479 723,949 519,087 824,032 401,968 49,724 1,795,464 1,686,183: 163,060 272,341
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: -2,116) :
: -7,183 8,151 18,537 61 -16,553 -12,084 435 -670 10,570: -1,446 -12,686
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 7.7 4.5 37.0 26.5 42.1 20.5 2.5 91.7 86.1: 8.3 13.9
: :
: Total Traders: 831 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 170 173 291 288 380 27 19 657 739:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #005602 Open Interest is 561,309
: Positions :
: 72,199 33,377 189,708 95,152 242,743 155,728 13,339 512,787 479,167: 48,522 82,142
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: 13,538) :
: -7,162 4,495 18,638 8,560 -9,124 -5,585 1,124 14,450 15,133: -912 -1,595
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 12.9 5.9 33.8 17.0 43.2 27.7 2.4 91.4 85.4: 8.6 14.6
: :
: Total Traders: 503 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 136 129 187 99 187 27 16 359 442:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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SOYBEAN OIL - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
CFTC Code #007601 Open Interest is 320,641
: Positions :
: 18,281 28,076 86,568 114,121 176,981 77,700 7,993 296,669 299,617: 23,972 21,024
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: 20,668) :
: -6,953 1,680 12,781 12,366 8,047 4,535 690 22,729 23,198: -2,060 -2,530
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 5.7 8.8 27.0 35.6 55.2 24.2 2.5 92.5 93.4: 7.5 6.6
: :
: Total Traders: 189 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 32 45 67 55 61 19 8 152 158:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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COTTON NO. 2 - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #033661 Open Interest is 377,303
: Positions :
: 31,882 37,156 132,046 84,397 183,388 109,951 8,941 358,276 361,531: 19,027 15,772
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: -3,332) :
: 158 253 -73 1,415 -2,281 -3,113 -560 -1,613 -2,661: -1,719 -671
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 8.4 9.8 35.0 22.4 48.6 29.1 2.4 95.0 95.8: 5.0 4.2
: :
: Total Traders: 294 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 110 83 106 60 62 25 11 235 225:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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LEAN HOGS - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Code #054642 Open Interest is 261,576
: Positions :
: 35,011 29,503 69,272 15,104 127,898 117,179 1,805 236,566 228,479: 25,009 33,097
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: -3,147) :
: 625 -3,047 -1,507 146 2,299 595 -311 -142 -2,567: -3,005 -580
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 13.4 11.3 26.5 5.8 48.9 44.8 0.7 90.4 87.3: 9.6 12.7
: :
: Total Traders: 243 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 76 67 91 34 54 26 8 198 173:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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LIVE CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Code #057642 Open Interest is 321,728
: Positions :
: 50,076 46,381 68,006 33,024 145,645 148,023 3,207 299,128 263,239: 22,600 58,489
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: -19,786) :
: 47 -2,310 -13,607 634 -596 -2,892 488 -15,818 -16,026: -3,968 -3,760
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 15.6 14.4 21.1 10.3 45.3 46.0 1.0 93.0 81.8: 7.0 18.2
: :
: Total Traders: 348 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 81 73 101 82 147 27 8 247 288:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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FEEDER CATTLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Code #061641 Open Interest is 37,671
: Positions :
: 8,229 4,737 10,166 5,900 7,002 7,733 1,769 32,028 23,674: 5,643 13,997
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: -685) :
: -121 -553 1,062 -467 616 -937 -624 -463 501: -223 -1,186
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 21.8 12.6 27.0 15.7 18.6 20.5 4.7 85.0 62.8: 15.0 37.2
: :
: Total Traders: 126 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 32 27 36 25 36 19 5 99 87:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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COCOA - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #073732 Open Interest is 147,983
: Positions :
: 41,436 28,710 14,518 54,339 96,075 26,451 2,900 136,744 142,203: 11,239 5,780
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: -8,343) :
: -1,451 -743 -1,591 -4,511 -7,314 -1,350 -31 -8,903 -9,679: 559 1,335
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 28.0 19.4 9.8 36.7 64.9 17.9 2.0 92.4 96.1: 7.6 3.9
: :
: Total Traders: 154 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 51 23 31 42 41 22 4 133 89:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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SUGAR NO. 11 - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #080732 Open Interest is 1,134,983
: Positions :
: 139,147 55,925 263,613 216,087 675,188 415,069 76,845 1,033,916 1,071,571: 101,066 63,412
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: -17,190) :
: 5,796 -3,537 -10,104 -3,299 657 -6,123 -926 -13,730 -13,910: -3,459 -3,279
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 12.3 4.9 23.2 19.0 59.5 36.6 6.8 91.1 94.4: 8.9 5.6
: :
: Total Traders: 238 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 64 58 80 66 75 26 14 209 182:
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COT -- Supplemental Report - Option and Futures Combined Positions as of August 12, 2008
: Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : Positions
: Non-Commercial : Commercial : Index Traders : Total
: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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COFFEE C - ICE FUTURES U.S.
CFTC Code #083731 Open Interest is 174,348
: Positions :
: 26,601 14,762 45,999 32,639 103,919 60,345 2,981 165,583 167,661: 8,765 6,688
: :
: Changes from: August 5, 2008 (Change in open interest: -22,456) :
: -3,214 1,008 -12,703 -4,815 -8,265 -2,286 -994 -23,019 -20,954: 562 -1,502
: :
: Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
: 15.3 8.5 26.4 18.7 59.6 34.6 1.7 95.0 96.2: 5.0 3.8
: :
: Total Traders: 361 Number of Traders in Each Category :
: 133 63 98 101 116 27 8 290 262:
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Updated August 15, 2008