SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-084691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/17/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 142,505 COMMITMENTS 28,466 9,183 44,707 37,606 76,491 110,778 130,381 31,726 12,124 CHANGES FROM 10/10/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 8,140) 3,629 368 3,503 -308 4,106 6,824 7,977 1,316 163 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 20.0 6.4 31.4 26.4 53.7 77.7 91.5 22.3 8.5 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 149) 68 36 52 28 35 123 100 COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-085692 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/17/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) OPEN INTEREST: 74,270 COMMITMENTS 13,069 22,087 7,049 42,613 33,011 62,731 62,147 11,539 12,124 CHANGES FROM 10/10/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 3,766) 2,493 -1,908 1,260 -1,573 3,991 2,180 3,342 1,586 424 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 17.6 29.7 9.5 57.4 44.4 84.5 83.7 15.5 16.3 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 138) 29 51 31 38 34 93 101 GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. Code-088691 OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 10/17/06 | --------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS --------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------- Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) OPEN INTEREST: 426,984 COMMITMENTS 102,696 44,402 143,566 132,537 216,007 378,799 403,975 48,185 23,009 CHANGES FROM 10/10/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: -3,823) 3,930 1,400 -3,171 -3,726 714 -2,967 -1,057 -857 -2,766 PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER 24.1 10.4 33.6 31.0 50.6 88.7 94.6 11.3 5.4 NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 241) 132 56 89 42 40 208 152
Updated October 20, 2006