WHEAT - MINNEAPOLIS GRAIN EXCHANGE
OPTION AND FUTURES COMBINED POSITIONS AS OF 08/16/05 |
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NON-COMMERCIAL | COMMERCIAL | TOTAL | POSITIONS
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Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short
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(CONTRACTS OF 5,000 BUSHELS) OPEN INTEREST: 34,060
COMMITMENTS
2,215 3,814 716 22,207 20,066 25,138 24,596 8,922 9,464
CHANGES FROM 08/09/05 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST: 2,879)
-886 1,185 138 2,557 1,744 1,809 3,066 1,070 -187
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADER
6.5 11.2 2.1 65.2 58.9 73.8 72.2 26.2 27.8
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS: 44)
8 9 3 25 17 35 27
Updated August 19, 2005