SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/23/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 167,627 COMMITMENTS 32,630 9,039 56,719 37,555 84,827 126,904 150,586 40,723 17,041 CHANGES FROM 05/16/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 1,650) -1,233 -1,412 1,709 2,853 1,944 3,329 2,241 -1,678 -591 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 19.5 5.4 33.8 22.4 50.6 75.7 89.8 24.3 10.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 179) 101 35 71 30 37 162 115 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/23/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 85,170 COMMITMENTS 10,308 16,823 11,022 50,219 45,298 71,549 73,143 13,620 12,026 CHANGES FROM 05/16/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,308) -2,295 1,655 -211 753 -4,631 -1,753 -3,187 -1,555 -121 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 12.1 19.8 12.9 59.0 53.2 84.0 85.9 16.0 14.1 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 129) 36 47 35 36 30 98 90 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 05/23/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 470,591 COMMITMENTS 137,534 33,938 145,053 117,957 262,589 400,545 441,580 70,046 29,011 CHANGES FROM 05/16/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -25,392) -20,099 -4,473 1,841 -1,584 -16,213 -19,842 -18,845 -5,550 -6,547 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 29.2 7.2 30.8 25.1 55.8 85.1 93.8 14.9 6.2 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 274) 154 69 102 34 43 237 169
Updated May 26, 2006