Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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CANADIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF CAD 100,000)
CFTC Code #090741 Open Interest is 254,598
Positions
6,445 76,853 32,706 22,534 32,990 2,080 105,231 48,702 25,479 9,360 12,288 1,480 49,283 22,020
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 83,320
-507 14,469 32,266 -956 144 756 27,835 16,547 18,074 106 1,952 870 4,876 -1,758
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
2.5 30.2 12.8 8.9 13.0 0.8 41.3 19.1 10.0 3.7 4.8 0.6 19.4 8.6
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 105
4 16 13 8 5 4 37 18 10 10 7 8
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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SWISS FRANC - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF CHF 125,000)
CFTC Code #092741 Open Interest is 58,031
Positions
20,494 16,408 881 2,107 1,602 173 17,728 20,389 2,004 1,091 3,204 0 13,553 13,370
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 2,082
-1 1,698 376 76 -31 0 471 -256 1,504 -480 595 0 136 -1,804
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
35.3 28.3 1.5 3.6 2.8 0.3 30.5 35.1 3.5 1.9 5.5 0.0 23.4 23.0
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 42
4 9 . . . . 10 10 6 . . 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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BRITISH POUND STERLING - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF GBP 62,500)
CFTC Code #096742 Open Interest is 181,682
Positions
7,317 32,095 16,084 10,331 33,405 11,751 69,679 42,624 8,144 6,650 5,022 11,656 40,070 20,901
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 47,927
-1,287 16,372 11,655 -587 999 -873 17,102 6,110 5,171 -719 1,804 11,653 5,812 -4,964
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
4.0 17.7 8.9 5.7 18.4 6.5 38.4 23.5 4.5 3.7 2.8 6.4 22.1 11.5
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 106
8 8 6 7 15 7 38 18 12 5 6 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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JAPANESE YEN - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF JPY 12,500,000)
CFTC Code #097741 Open Interest is 176,618
Positions
7,588 65,464 11,185 64,586 6,336 1,076 57,345 31,793 4,200 501 19,001 91 30,046 37,472
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 24,166
-3,080 3,863 8,733 2,445 -1,947 371 5,855 2,036 3,987 0 365 46 5,809 6,712
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
4.3 37.1 6.3 36.6 3.6 0.6 32.5 18.0 2.4 0.3 10.8 0.1 17.0 21.2
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 100
5 17 9 9 4 5 29 25 11 . 8 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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EURO FX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF EUR 125,000)
CFTC Code #099741 Open Interest is 332,637
Positions
87,507 59,765 11,004 33,993 36,884 9,094 72,242 126,460 15,363 58,139 9,347 2,161 43,134 62,559
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 18,274
69 13,922 8,120 2,718 -5,229 -633 -5,467 -8,145 12,690 -2,508 -2,679 -920 4,205 1,148
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
26.3 18.0 3.3 10.2 11.1 2.7 21.7 38.0 4.6 17.5 2.8 0.6 13.0 18.8
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 186
21 15 12 17 22 15 32 49 23 15 13 4
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF AUD 100,000)
CFTC Code #232741 Open Interest is 218,910
Positions
21,547 65,103 36,984 3,477 44,329 1,611 117,027 34,974 8,098 490 4,645 0 29,676 23,166
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 29,669
-6,929 -3,557 33,423 -179 137 311 -4,054 -9,111 7,778 -1,619 253 -98 1,036 533
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
9.8 29.7 16.9 1.6 20.2 0.7 53.5 16.0 3.7 0.2 2.1 0.0 13.6 10.6
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 96
7 10 11 . 9 . 36 22 13 . 7 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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RUSSIAN RUBLE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF RUB 2,500,000)
CFTC Code #089741 Open Interest is 96,550
Positions
50,914 61,799 23,920 4,153 0 0 5,823 1,841 5,740 2,900 0 2,861 239 389
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 3,117
0 571 2,394 460 0 0 1,340 521 -363 0 0 0 -714 -6
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
52.7 64.0 24.8 4.3 0.0 0.0 6.0 1.9 5.9 3.0 0.0 3.0 0.2 0.4
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 26
5 15 15 . 0 0 . . . . 0 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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MEXICAN PESO - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF MXN 500,000)
CFTC Code #095741 Open Interest is 309,244
Positions
43,485 92,076 22,662 25,248 1,145 1,555 124,893 92,395 78,192 5,421 18,799 331 7,457 2,089
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 86,589
-19,150 3,848 17,963 1,168 173 1 23,247 5,425 59,431 2,563 121 46 1,320 -419
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
14.1 29.8 7.3 8.2 0.4 0.5 40.4 29.9 25.3 1.8 6.1 0.1 2.4 0.7
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 136
6 13 7 8 . . 67 13 16 15 4 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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BRAZILIAN REAL - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF BRL 100,000)
CFTC Code #102741 Open Interest is 16,112
Positions
13,201 1,435 78 200 8 334 1,533 1,601 0 140 12,227 0 626 429
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: -1,966
-679 -1,279 -764 0 -172 133 -202 581 -170 0 0 0 -284 -295
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
81.9 8.9 0.5 1.2 0.0 2.1 9.5 9.9 0.0 0.9 75.9 0.0 3.9 2.7
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 20
4 4 . . . . 5 . 0 . . 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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NEW ZEALAND DOLLAR - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF NZD 100,000)
CFTC Code #112741 Open Interest is 27,152
Positions
4,559 16,252 3,425 222 0 0 12,772 3,902 1,035 297 330 175 4,667 2,033
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 1,759
-1,497 -2,100 3,073 -22 0 0 -2,030 234 907 -163 -376 3 1,488 18
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
16.8 59.9 12.6 0.8 0.0 0.0 47.0 14.4 3.8 1.1 1.2 0.6 17.2 7.5
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 49
8 5 6 . 0 0 20 8 4 . . .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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DJIA Consolidated - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE ($10 X DJIA INDEX)
CFTC Code #12460+ Open Interest is 62,974
Positions
14,485 39,888 2,496 3,566 803 462 28,480 11,359 898 3,154 1,104 0 9,434 5,966
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 6,751
360 1,765 2,388 35 -80 -61 2,515 1,147 120 424 614 0 971 860
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
23.0 63.3 4.0 5.7 1.3 0.7 45.2 18.0 1.4 5.0 1.8 0.0 15.0 9.5
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 99
15 17 . 5 . . 36 14 5 4 5 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVG- x $5 - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE ($5 X DJIA INDEX)
CFTC Code #124603 Open Interest is 125,948
Positions
28,970 79,775 4,991 7,132 1,606 924 56,959 22,717 1,796 6,308 2,207 0 18,868 11,932
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 13,502
719 3,529 4,776 70 -160 -122 5,029 2,293 240 848 1,227 0 1,942 1,719
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
23.0 63.3 4.0 5.7 1.3 0.7 45.2 18.0 1.4 5.0 1.8 0.0 15.0 9.5
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 99
15 17 . 5 . . 36 14 5 4 5 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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S&P 500 Consolidated - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (S&P 500 INDEX X $250.00)
CFTC Code #13874+ Open Interest is 871,458
Positions
55,255 145,631 64,287 363,043 163,763 64,420 97,927 229,323 41,603 28,459 41,296 11,772 144,693 109,363
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 9,834
-8,845 9,899 4,359 -797 -5,257 2,018 11,532 -1,340 -1,604 1,030 2,881 2,065 77 -3,187
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
6.3 16.7 7.4 41.7 18.8 7.4 11.2 26.3 4.8 3.3 4.7 1.4 16.6 12.5
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 558
35 52 37 115 56 64 93 120 76 39 47 13
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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S&P 500 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (S&P 500 INDEX X $250.00)
CFTC Code #138741 Open Interest is 232,738
Positions
30,774 60,916 1,990 96,540 35,895 10,530 13,272 36,342 2,895 1,610 14,193 5,720 69,407 64,257
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: -8,931
-10,036 -937 -2,567 -1,051 234 1,505 2,278 -6,870 593 1,504 1,951 122 -1,279 -2,962
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
13.2 26.2 0.9 41.5 15.4 4.5 5.7 15.6 1.2 0.7 6.1 2.5 29.8 27.6
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 100
11 12 . 24 10 13 15 20 11 . 5 4
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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E-MINI S&P 500 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE ($50 X S&P 500 INDEX)
CFTC Code #13874A Open Interest is 3,193,602
Positions
321,018 622,185 112,875 1,386,612 693,441 215,351 526,652 1,068,282 90,163 157,649 158,919 6,854 376,428 225,532
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 93,827
-4,063 44,161 44,647 -2,564 -31,287 6,397 29,045 10,425 6,243 4,646 11,670 2,695 6,781 -1,124
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
10.1 19.5 3.5 43.4 21.7 6.7 16.5 33.5 2.8 4.9 5.0 0.2 11.8 7.1
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 535
37 48 30 101 52 56 93 120 64 39 45 11
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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E-MINI S&P 400 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (S&P 400 INDEX X $100)
CFTC Code #33874A Open Interest is 124,148
Positions
16,116 37,628 2,107 60,081 59,618 2,840 30,336 15,215 241 390 2,785 0 12,037 3,714
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 2,727
-490 4,527 1,105 1,529 -2,073 159 924 1,073 -947 -295 -16 0 742 -1,101
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
13.0 30.3 1.7 48.4 48.0 2.3 24.4 12.3 0.2 0.3 2.2 0.0 9.7 3.0
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 104
9 8 . 41 12 13 21 9 . . . 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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NASDAQ-100 Consolidated - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (NASDAQ 100 INDEX X $100)
CFTC Code #20974+ Open Interest is 115,726
Positions
5,742 70,199 12,386 38,556 8,316 703 37,444 8,270 3,417 1,951 3,936 135 15,392 8,365
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 1,951
-77 87 2,701 -289 -246 -154 -1,992 29 -76 93 -619 135 1,610 94
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
5.0 60.7 10.7 33.3 7.2 0.6 32.4 7.1 3.0 1.7 3.4 0.1 13.3 7.2
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 237
13 33 13 34 22 10 77 33 10 16 9 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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NASDAQ-100 STOCK INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (NASDAQ 100 INDEX X $100)
CFTC Code #209741 Open Interest is 22,747
Positions
12,043 17,022 100 300 0 0 2,569 3,664 0 0 923 0 7,735 1,038
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 1,112
1,106 126 100 0 0 0 -505 983 0 0 0 0 411 -97
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
52.9 74.8 0.4 1.3 0.0 0.0 11.3 16.1 0.0 0.0 4.1 0.0 34.0 4.6
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 22
5 10 . . 0 0 . . 0 0 . 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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NASDAQ-100 STOCK INDEX (MINI) - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (NASDAQ 100 STOCK INDEX X $20)
CFTC Code #209742 Open Interest is 464,897
Positions
21,684 319,075 8,242 191,280 41,579 3,513 186,464 35,117 4,997 9,755 15,066 675 38,287 36,633
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 4,195
100 5,820 6,993 -1,443 -1,232 -772 -10,347 -7,678 2,528 464 -3,093 675 5,997 954
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
4.7 68.6 1.8 41.1 8.9 0.8 40.1 7.6 1.1 2.1 3.2 0.1 8.2 7.9
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 236
14 31 8 34 22 10 78 32 7 16 9 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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RUSSELL 2000 MINI INDEX FUTURE - ICE FUTURES U.S. (RUSSELL 2000 INDEX X $100.00)
CFTC Code #23977A Open Interest is 435,606
Positions
153,239 42,759 17,477 139,963 214,599 24,060 74,446 93,671 2,526 2,492 22,442 0 21,403 18,072
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: -6,211
-11,857 1,416 2,649 3,490 -8,244 -842 327 -1,074 -267 -9 1,547 0 298 -1,396
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
35.2 9.8 4.0 32.1 49.3 5.5 17.1 21.5 0.6 0.6 5.2 0.0 4.9 4.1
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 254
20 14 5 56 38 27 52 51 12 6 17 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (NIKKEI INDEX X $5.00)
CFTC Code #240741 Open Interest is 35,704
Positions
7,620 350 2,729 9,618 520 401 4,481 7,104 320 1,438 6,367 4 9,093 17,909
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 4,132
-448 350 2,729 -451 520 -220 1,605 -1,706 180 -156 28 4 889 2,247
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
21.3 1.0 7.6 26.9 1.5 1.1 12.6 19.9 0.9 4.0 17.8 0.0 25.5 50.2
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 33
4 . . 11 . . 8 4 . . . .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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NIKKEI STOCK AVERAGE YEN DENOM - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (NIKKEI INDEX X JPY 500)
CFTC Code #240743 Open Interest is 73,313
Positions
29,676 8,608 5,550 7,327 2,373 1,132 12,021 4,987 4,539 4,020 4,084 2,055 6,993 39,985
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 16,448
4,245 -1,301 3,558 931 -57 466 1,311 212 3,101 -393 428 2,055 1,174 7,986
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
40.5 11.7 7.6 10.0 3.2 1.5 16.4 6.8 6.2 5.5 5.6 2.8 9.5 54.5
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 62
18 10 8 6 . . 13 7 5 4 . .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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MSCI EAFE MINI INDEX - NYSE LIFFE (MSCI EAFE INDEX X $50)
CFTC Code #244041 Open Interest is 68,364
Positions
4,492 15,116 2,997 39,559 27,473 7,014 7,110 12,292 1,687 0 0 0 5,505 1,785
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 1,556
-657 -591 2,270 -957 -1,087 -42 -794 -216 1,524 -202 0 0 414 -302
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
6.6 22.1 4.4 57.9 40.2 10.3 10.4 18.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.1 2.6
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 72
5 6 4 25 23 9 9 4 . 0 0 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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MSCI EMERGING MKTS MINI INDEX - NYSE LIFFE (MSCI EAFE INDEX X $50)
CFTC Code #244042 Open Interest is 133,720
Positions
12,102 56,076 10,129 61,333 14,029 4,876 14,553 32,022 5,148 6,204 0 243 19,132 11,197
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 14,223
-1,249 -699 9,428 -3,160 457 -85 345 985 2,654 1,214 -795 -18 5,094 2,296
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
9.1 41.9 7.6 45.9 10.5 3.6 10.9 23.9 3.8 4.6 0.0 0.2 14.3 8.4
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 106
12 12 6 25 15 11 21 11 7 10 0 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE)
CFTC Code #020601 Open Interest is 573,215
Positions
5,530 106,515 9,828 212,128 108,410 79,496 70,019 78,788 24,902 20,643 33,960 0 150,669 131,316
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: -41,290
-2,395 -614 -19,634 -12,910 -7,607 13,588 -370 7,237 -18,938 685 -6,619 -5 -1,311 -8,698
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
1.0 18.6 1.7 37.0 18.9 13.9 12.2 13.7 4.3 3.6 5.9 0.0 26.3 22.9
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 141
. 18 6 38 24 28 23 24 11 4 7 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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LONG-TERM U.S. TREASURY BONDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE)
CFTC Code #020604 Open Interest is 378,847
Positions
0 139,500 7,943 249,691 11,067 36,664 0 101,009 7,288 9,505 16,860 0 67,756 58,516
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: -4,766
0 5,694 -5,285 -2,508 -1,103 3,179 0 -2,253 -755 0 -3,998 0 603 -245
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
0.0 36.8 2.1 65.9 2.9 9.7 0.0 26.7 1.9 2.5 4.5 0.0 17.9 15.4
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 67
0 13 5 30 7 20 0 11 4 . 4 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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2-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (CONTRACTS OF $200,000 FACE VALUE)
CFTC Code #042601 Open Interest is 985,900
Positions
82,866 130,728 25,063 194,263 106,553 58,060 315,977 509,483 46,901 132,801 22,228 7,989 121,980 78,895
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: -27,022
8,069 -27,063 8,355 -6,115 14,014 -5,216 2,864 7,197 -29,523 6,634 -275 0 -12,090 5,489
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
8.4 13.3 2.5 19.7 10.8 5.9 32.0 51.7 4.8 13.5 2.3 0.8 12.4 8.0
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 209
21 20 12 40 26 31 38 30 22 21 13 4
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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10-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE)
CFTC Code #043602 Open Interest is 1,570,830
Positions
169,305 99,402 5,713 371,965 732,388 202,416 395,160 130,901 40,605 86,124 77,020 3,422 296,120 278,963
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: -14,461
36,474 -11,975 -22,874 -11,965 61,581 -3,578 18,975 -18,364 -9,610 -14,609 -7,499 -105 -7,169 -2,037
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
10.8 6.3 0.4 23.7 46.6 12.9 25.2 8.3 2.6 5.5 4.9 0.2 18.9 17.8
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 252
25 26 15 21 59 45 56 41 33 13 11 5
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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5-YEAR U.S. TREASURY NOTES - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (CONTRACTS OF $100,000 FACE VALUE)
CFTC Code #044601 Open Interest is 1,256,658
Positions
205,620 128,905 10,711 190,532 562,137 101,203 375,503 142,949 21,136 116,762 57,091 868 234,323 231,658
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: -7,490
13,907 1,174 -6,665 -74,126 33,460 14,558 59,223 -24,914 -10,355 10,495 442 -566 -13,961 -14,624
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
16.4 10.3 0.9 15.2 44.7 8.1 29.9 11.4 1.7 9.3 4.5 0.1 18.6 18.4
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 189
19 18 9 24 40 34 44 20 18 12 12 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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30-DAY FEDERAL FUNDS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000)
CFTC Code #045601 Open Interest is 424,978
Positions
175,643 143,993 136,475 119 2,015 3,183 24,405 38,676 50,467 715 7,821 6,020 27,951 36,328
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 11,701
-1,464 2,381 7,028 0 0 -16 2,736 1,811 -530 715 -303 -585 3,817 1,915
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
41.3 33.9 32.1 0.0 0.5 0.7 5.7 9.1 11.9 0.2 1.8 1.4 6.6 8.5
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 81
22 22 33 . . . 14 14 22 . 4 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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DTCC Repo-US Treasury <30 YR - NYSE LIFFE - NYPC (CONTRACTS OF $5,000,000)
CFTC Code #045L2T Open Interest is 29,719
Positions
17,963 8,502 4,999 0 1,698 0 4,949 12,819 1,263 88 0 285 172 153
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 3,957
2,398 665 833 0 -15 0 913 2,611 -79 26 0 23 -157 -81
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
60.4 28.6 16.8 0.0 5.7 0.0 16.7 43.1 4.2 0.3 0.0 1.0 0.6 0.5
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 33
9 4 8 0 . 0 10 7 5 . 0 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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3-MONTH EURODOLLARS - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF $1,000,000)
CFTC Code #132741 Open Interest is 8,395,923
Positions
1,071,144 2,744,764 2,097,628 649,088 151,085 141,660 1,644,061 407,719 1,432,802 156,827 171,621 322,754 879,959 925,890
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 187,363
-101,805 12,231 124,174 22,876 47,539 -140 35,063 -40,414 56,986 37,936 -18,951 -10,261 22,534 16,199
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
12.8 32.7 25.0 7.7 1.8 1.7 19.6 4.9 17.1 1.9 2.0 3.8 10.5 11.0
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 251
27 56 76 10 12 13 61 42 81 14 14 21
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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INTEREST RATE SWAPS 10YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (CONTRACTS OF $100,000)
CFTC Code #246602 Open Interest is 12,926
Positions
9,019 248 0 567 784 6 824 10,597 995 1,298 215 0 217 81
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 1,190
332 -98 0 -4 7 0 -54 304 962 -17 0 0 -29 15
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
69.8 1.9 0.0 4.4 6.1 0.0 6.4 82.0 7.7 10.0 1.7 0.0 1.7 0.6
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 27
. . 0 . 4 . 4 10 4 . . 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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INTEREST RATE SWAPS 5YR - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE (CONTRACTS OF $100,000)
CFTC Code #247602 Open Interest is 16,022
Positions
11,740 8,477 0 1,014 687 42 1,288 4,940 1,736 0 101 0 202 39
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 1,377
79 442 0 0 -8 4 -127 -489 1,413 0 0 0 8 15
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
73.3 52.9 0.0 6.3 4.3 0.3 8.0 30.8 10.8 0.0 0.6 0.0 1.3 0.2
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 30
5 6 0 . 4 . . 10 . 0 . 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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U.S. DOLLAR INDEX - ICE FUTURES U.S. (U.S. DOLLAR INDEX X $1000)
CFTC Code #098662 Open Interest is 72,175
Positions
13,595 36,602 2,303 1,456 790 127 44,459 26,851 693 5,600 1,718 53 3,889 3,038
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 7,167
-404 -75 827 -293 581 4 8,670 6,272 -542 61 114 -54 -1,102 40
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
18.8 50.7 3.2 2.0 1.1 0.2 61.6 37.2 1.0 7.8 2.4 0.1 5.4 4.2
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 99
5 . 4 6 . . 26 31 4 18 8 .
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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VIX FUTURES - CBOE FUTURES EXCHANGE ($1000 X INDEX)
CFTC Code #1170E1 Open Interest is 406,958
Positions
144,579 29,175 42,295 41,869 13,156 8,728 25,097 149,368 47,987 5,830 26,167 58,769 31,804 31,313
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 39,581
4,342 1,409 2,169 -660 1,779 374 4,478 7,935 2,541 1,386 -1,262 19,503 5,448 5,133
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
35.5 7.2 10.4 10.3 3.2 2.1 6.2 36.7 11.8 1.4 6.4 14.4 7.8 7.7
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 160
18 13 24 6 13 10 18 53 51 11 17 18
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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DOW JONES UBS EXCESS RETURN - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE ($100 X INDEX)
CFTC Code #221602 Open Interest is 9,157
Positions
3,076 2,355 0 2,761 423 130 2,158 5,330 883 32 30 0 117 6
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: 543
70 1,392 0 24 13 59 386 -922 0 32 0 0 -28 1
Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
33.6 25.7 0.0 30.2 4.6 1.4 23.6 58.2 9.6 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.3 0.1
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 21
. . 0 5 . . 4 4 . . . 0
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Traders in Financial Futures - Futures Only Positions as of September 11, 2012
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Dealer : Asset Manager/ : Leveraged : Other : Nonreportable :
Intermediary : Institutional : Funds : Reportables : Positions :
Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short :
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S&P GSCI COMMODITY INDEX - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (GSCI X $250)
CFTC Code #256741 Open Interest is 9,650
Positions
1,058 6,965 0 6,526 0 0 963 2,175 0 0 0 0 1,103 510
Changes from: September 4, 2012 Total Change is: .
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Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader
11.0 72.2 0.0 67.6 0.0 0.0 10.0 22.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.4 5.3
Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 20
. . 0 11 0 0 . 4 0 0 0 0
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Updated September 14, 2012