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THE CONSENSUS® REPORT OF THE COMMITMENTS OF TRADERS MARKET COMPOSITION

THE CONSENSUS REPORT OF THE COMMITMENTS OF TRADERS MARKET COMPOSITION
Derived from the Bi-Weekly Report Published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission*
Showing Percentage Each Group Comprises of Each Market and Percentage of Each Group in Long Positions
    Reportable Positions   Nonreportable
Exchange   Non-Commercial Commercial** Total Positions***
and   Long or Short Long and Short Long or Short Reportable  
Commodity   Only (Spreading) Only Positions    
  Reporting Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct. Pct.
  Level of Mkt. Long of Mkt. Long of Mkt. Long of Mkt. Long of Mkt. Long
Wheat (CBOT) 100 Ctrs. 21.33 51.85 14.64 52 41.63 40.89 77.60 45.62 22.40 65.17
     Last Reporting Period   25.13 32.82 10.82 52 38.88 54.51 74.83 46.58 25.17 60.18
Wheat (KCBT) 100 Ctrs. 11.24 67.42 7.34 50 61.76 45.25 80.33 48.79 19.67 54.95
     Last Reporting Period   12.47 31.86 6.03 50 65.52 52.81 84.02 49.50 15.98 52.65
Wheat (MGE) 100 Ctrs. 4.74 47.01 4.06 50 64.88 48.03 73.67 48.07 26.33 55.40
     Last Reporting Period   9.17 27.05 4.04 50 54.92 51.83 68.14 48.39 31.86 53.45
Corn (CBOT) 150 Ctrs. 13.51 88.43 11.04 50 50.15 40.02 74.70 50.25 25.30 49.27
     Last Reporting Period   15.25 88.76 11.45 50 48.84 39.39 75.54 50.97 24.46 47.01
Oats (CBOT) 60 Ctrs. 8.02 74.83 11.65 50 54.73 28.32 74.41 36.73 25.59 88.58
     Last Reporting Period   9.39 77.43 9.46 50 55.19 27.86 74.05 36.98 25.95 87.16
Soybeans (CBOT) 100 Ctrs. 15.79 78.92 16.97 50 43.19 31.84 75.95 45.69 24.05 63.62
     Last Reporting Period   17.06 83.75 17.63 50 39.87 28.38 74.56 46.16 25.44 61.26
Soybeans (MACE) 100 Ctrs. 6.37 32.75 0.00 50 87.52 51.73 93.90 50.44 6.10 43.26
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Soybean Oil (CBOT) 175 Ctrs. 8.76 75.45 19.39 50 56.11 43.32 84.25 48.20 15.75 59.64
     Last Reporting Period   11.08 80.55 20.52 50 53.83 39.18 85.43 47.14 14.57 66.74
Soybean Meal (CBOT) 175 Ctrs. 18.00 87.92 8.43 50 52.19 29.39 78.63 45.01 21.37 68.37
     Last Reporting Period   18.70 82.35 8.71 50 52.13 31.48 79.55 45.47 20.45 67.64
Rough Rice (CRCE) 25 Ctrs. 12.40 15.85 4.73 50 46.63 49.02 63.75 42.64 36.25 62.94
     Last Reporting Period   15.15 14.62 7.37 50 46.30 51.70 68.82 43.36 31.18 64.67
* Reporting positions as of May 16, 2000. ** Futures contracts used for hedging. *** Positions that are below the reporting levels.
* Released from Commodity Futures Trading Commission on May 19, 2000.
Consensus National Futures and Financial On Line Index

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