SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 02/28/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 159,511 COMMITMENTS 55,554 12,041 37,253 29,916 94,987 122,723 144,281 36,788 15,230 CHANGES FROM 02/21/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -19,047) -198 4,157 -8,344 -5,513 -11,487 -14,054 -15,673 -4,993 -3,374 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 34.8 7.5 23.4 18.8 59.5 76.9 90.5 23.1 9.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 192) 103 32 52 33 48 159 112 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 02/28/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 89,099 COMMITMENTS 18,822 24,534 11,668 45,493 42,451 75,983 78,653 13,116 10,446 CHANGES FROM 02/21/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -5,425) -4,577 -1,910 35 809 -2,291 -3,733 -4,165 -1,692 -1,260 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 21.1 27.5 13.1 51.1 47.6 85.3 88.3 14.7 11.7 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 160) 49 57 39 40 31 119 104 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 02/28/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 430,801 COMMITMENTS 168,365 41,853 88,102 108,383 268,968 364,850 398,922 65,951 31,879 CHANGES FROM 02/21/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -391) 4,662 -2,621 -3,768 -347 4,974 547 -1,416 -938 1,024 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 39.1 9.7 20.5 25.2 62.4 84.7 92.6 15.3 7.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 280) 160 65 78 37 44 229 158
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