Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of April 24, 2012 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) : CFTC Code #075651 Open Interest is 23,941 : : Positions : : 838 12,699 5,802 1,715 2,035 9,703 3,278 1,248 2,250 1,476 536 : : : : Changes from: April 17, 2012 : : 10 749 -581 -194 431 293 -475 275 -156 -260 153 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 3.5 53.0 24.2 7.2 8.5 40.5 13.7 5.2 9.4 6.2 2.2 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 153 : : 11 22 15 7 12 41 18 11 26 15 8 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of April 24, 2012 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF 50 TROY OUNCES) : CFTC Code #076651 Open Interest is 43,282 : : Positions : : 3,160 18,162 5,959 8,983 1,991 17,108 7,361 865 8,183 2,920 156 : : : : Changes from: April 17, 2012 : : 9 -1,969 531 -234 -1,160 -702 1,299 193 139 1,032 -144 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 7.3 42.0 13.8 20.8 4.6 39.5 17.0 2.0 18.9 6.7 0.4 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 159 : : 12 19 14 10 12 34 25 7 34 16 . : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of April 24, 2012 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES) : CFTC Code #084691 Open Interest is 163,799 : : Positions : : 23,338 60,509 21,996 9,994 17,945 19,689 8,933 11,901 9,807 2,017 37,407 : : : : Changes from: April 17, 2012 : : 2,264 -455 1,413 -885 986 248 2,883 726 95 224 207 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 14.2 36.9 13.4 6.1 11.0 12.0 5.5 7.3 6.0 1.2 22.8 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 172 : : 15 18 16 9 21 33 18 21 49 20 52 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of April 24, 2012 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) : CFTC Code #088691 Open Interest is 641,899 : : Positions : : 105,306 240,980 40,550 78,729 107,513 119,768 12,168 23,101 48,527 16,678 135,747 : : : : Changes from: April 17, 2012 : : 5,441 -2,851 249 -782 1,232 -2,225 2,450 -2,251 -793 1,916 654 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 16.4 37.5 6.3 12.3 16.7 18.7 1.9 3.6 7.6 2.6 21.1 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 338 : : 26 25 15 18 25 73 33 54 108 52 93 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of April 24, 2012 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC. (CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS) : CFTC Code #085692 Open Interest is 159,368 : : Positions : : 13,628 45,679 57,084 15,034 16,016 30,516 28,299 7,405 8,171 8,039 14,494 : : : : Changes from: April 17, 2012 : : 2,958 2,534 1,073 -181 -1,654 -1,909 -1,923 483 -388 -1,494 789 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 8.6 28.7 35.8 9.4 10.0 19.1 17.8 4.6 5.1 5.0 9.1 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 190 : : 20 26 16 11 15 30 46 25 20 29 27 : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Disaggregated Commitments of Traders- Options and Futures Combined Positions as of April 24, 2012 : Reportable Positions : :------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- : : Producer/Merchant : : : : : Processor/User : Swap Dealers : Managed Money : Other Reportables : : Long : Short : Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading: Long : Short :Spreading : ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- RANDOM LENGTH LUMBER - CHICAGO MERCANTILE EXCHANGE (CONTRACTS OF 110,000 BOARD FEET) : CFTC Code #058643 Open Interest is 9,633 : : Positions : : 770 3,118 1,893 0 174 3,612 2,135 59 571 1,734 893 : : : : Changes from: April 17, 2012 : : -209 279 -45 0 5 -97 -613 33 -48 219 -237 : : : : Percent of Open Interest Represented by Each Category of Trader : : 8.0 32.4 19.7 0.0 1.8 37.5 22.2 0.6 5.9 18.0 9.3 : : : : Number of Traders in Each Category Total Traders: 76 : : 13 19 4 0 . 16 14 . 10 11 11 : ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Updated April 27, 2012