WHEAT - MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN EXCHANGE
Commitments of Traders - Futures Only, January 18, 2005
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: Total : Reportable Positions : Nonreportable
:---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Positions
: Open : Non-Commercial : Commercial : Total :
: Interest : Long : Short : Spreading: Long : Short : Long : Short : Long : Short
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: : (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) :
: : :
All : 36,450: 980 10,687 1,210 25,949 17,182 28,139 29,079: 8,311 7,371
Old : 32,630: 1,664 10,671 318 23,256 15,164 25,238 26,153: 7,392 6,477
Other: 3,820: 46 746 162 2,693 2,018 2,901 2,926: 919 894
: : :
: : Changes in Commitments from: January 11, 2005 :
: 1,297: 158 -53 138 453 401 749 486: 548 811
: : :
: : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader :
All : 100.0: 2.7 29.3 3.3 71.2 47.1 77.2 79.8: 22.8 20.2
Old : 100.0: 5.1 32.7 1.0 71.3 46.5 77.3 80.2: 22.7 19.8
Other: 100.0: 1.2 19.5 4.2 70.5 52.8 75.9 76.6: 24.1 23.4
: : :
:# Traders : Number of Traders in Each Category :
All : 70: 8 20 6 34 26 45 50:
Old : 69: 10 19 4 33 24 44 46:
Other: 30: 4 4 2 13 15 19 19:
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: Percent of Open Interest Held by the Indicated Number of the Largest Traders
: By Gross Position By Net Position
: 4 or Less Traders 8 or Less Traders 4 or Less Traders 8 or Less Traders
: Long: Short Long Short: Long Short Long Short
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All : 38.8 27.7 50.4 43.3 27.7 20.2 33.8 29.8
Old : 39.8 29.9 51.3 46.0 27.0 22.4 34.6 33.1
Other: 51.8 45.6 67.4 66.2 44.9 43.5 56.0 56.1
Updated January 21, 2005