| 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 | |
| Lean Hogs (CME) | 50 Ctrs. | 21.01 | 84.49 | 15.06 | 50 | 40.05 | 33.36 | 76.12 | 50.76 | 23.88 | 47.57 |
| Last Reporting Period | 26.37 | 81.01 | 12.46 | 50 | 41.94 | 31.69 | 80.78 | 50.62 | 19.22 | 47.40 | |
| Pork Bellies (CME) | 25 Ctrs. | 18.43 | 56.80 | 8.79 | 50 | 15.32 | 70.09 | 42.54 | 60.18 | 57.46 | 42.46 |
| Last Reporting Period | 25.46 | 68.20 | 10.24 | 50 | 12.68 | 50.23 | 48.38 | 59.64 | 51.62 | 40.97 | |
| Live Cattle (CME) | 100 Ctrs. | 18.90 | 53.81 | 8.30 | 50 | 47.99 | 49.76 | 75.19 | 50.81 | 24.81 | 47.55 |
| Last Reporting Period | 20.21 | 64.91 | 7.52 | 50 | 47.84 | 46.44 | 75.58 | 51.73 | 24.42 | 44.64 | |
| Feeder Cattle (CME) | 50 Ctrs. | 22.21 | 61.22 | 7.15 | 50 | 26.04 | 68.96 | 55.40 | 63.41 | 44.60 | 33.34 |
| Last Reporting Period | 26.08 | 76.42 | 6.74 | 50 | 28.04 | 61.94 | 60.86 | 66.82 | 39.14 | 23.84 | |
| * 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. | |||||||||||
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