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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 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
T-Bonds (CBOT) 500 Ctrs. 11.96 42.54 4.96 50 60.39 49.72 77.31 48.63 22.69 54.67
     Last Reporting Period   10.18 37.64 3.11 50 62.35 49.54 75.64 47.96 24.36 56.33
T-Bonds (MACE) 500 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
90-Day T-Bills (IMM) 150 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
6.5-10 Yr. T-Notes (CBOT) 500 Ctrs. 15.19 81.67 1.38 50 60.57 41.52 77.14 49.58 22.86 51.43
     Last Reporting Period   15.90 80.26 1.41 50 60.89 41.48 78.19 49.52 21.81 51.74
5-Yr. T-Notes (CBOT) 300 Ctrs. 11.28 69.53 1.47 50 70.84 46.60 83.60 49.76 16.40 51.25
     Last Reporting Period   10.69 68.27 1.03 50 71.15 46.12 82.88 49.03 17.12 54.71
2-Yr. T-Notes (CBOT) 200 Ctrs. 8.96 100.00 0.45 50 64.81 43.08 74.22 50.00 25.78 50.01
     Last Reporting Period   8.69 100.00 0.51 50 63.67 43.08 72.87 49.92 27.13 50.22
Eurodollars (IMM) 850 Ctrs. 6.36 90.51 7.42 50 72.83 46.93 86.60 50.39 13.40 47.47
     Last Reporting Period   5.53 86.58 7.44 50 73.26 47.74 86.23 50.43 13.77 47.30
1-Mo. Libor Rate (IMM) 100 Ctrs. 12.77 15.77 2.61 50 66.06 59.23 81.44 52.12 18.56 40.68
     Last Reporting Period   10.30 22.01 1.48 50 68.40 58.79 80.18 53.90 19.82 34.21
Municipal Bonds (CBOT) 25 Ctrs. 9.39 27.18 0.00 50 68.73 51.05 78.12 48.18 21.88 56.48
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
30-Day Fed Funds (CBOT) 100 Ctrs. 6.63 63.29 3.34 50 79.31 49.62 89.28 50.65 10.72 44.60
     Last Reporting Period   6.17 52.42 3.45 50 78.27 50.73 87.88 50.82 12.12 44.06
Canadian Dollar (IMM) 200 Ctrs. 23.74 10.38 0.22 50 49.23 69.62 73.20 50.34 26.80 49.06
     Last Reporting Period   24.37 9.03 0.22 50 49.59 70.78 74.18 50.43 25.82 48.76
Swiss Franc (IMM) 200 Ctrs. 16.32 10.67 0.00 50 58.51 66.23 74.83 54.11 25.17 37.78
     Last Reporting Period   15.53 6.58 0.00 50 54.61 70.10 70.13 56.04 29.87 35.83
Deutschemark (IMM) 200 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Pound Sterling (IMM) 200 Ctrs. 7.68 7.98 0.00 50 57.50 66.58 65.19 59.67 34.81 31.89
     Last Reporting Period   8.92 19.11 0.00 50 56.02 67.22 64.94 60.61 35.06 30.34
Euro FX (IMM) 200 Ctrs. 12.59 56.96 0.12 50 54.87 38.41 67.58 41.89 32.42 66.91
     Last Reporting Period   13.16 59.71 0.13 50 52.25 36.83 65.54 41.45 34.46 66.26
Japanese Yen (IMM) 200 Ctrs. 21.17 5.22 0.03 50 52.22 75.51 73.42 55.23 26.58 35.56
     Last Reporting Period   21.25 2.45 0.06 50 54.50 72.86 75.81 53.11 24.19 40.26
Australian Dollar (IMM) 200 Ctrs. 10.53 33.07 0.00 50 43.48 61.13 54.01 55.66 45.99 43.35
     Last Reporting Period   12.37 28.26 0.00 50 43.65 62.05 56.02 54.58 43.98 44.16
Mexican Peso (IMM) 200 Ctrs. 19.18 78.49 0.02 50 60.84 41.32 80.05 50.23 19.95 49.09
     Last Reporting Period   8.78 17.23 0.00 50 61.99 63.58 70.77 57.83 29.23 31.05
DJIA (CBOT) 25 Ctrs. 12.02 75.94 1.55 50 67.73 45.20 81.30 49.84 18.70 50.71
     Last Reporting Period   10.52 74.97 1.61 50 65.88 48.34 78.00 51.96 22.00 43.05
S&P 400 (IMM) 25 Ctrs. 1.06 100.00 0.00 50 88.43 46.47 89.49 47.10 10.51 74.65
     Last Reporting Period   0.95 100.00 0.00 50 89.57 46.77 90.53 47.33 9.47 75.53
S&P 500 (IMM) 600 Ctrs. 3.07 69.78 0.92 50 74.51 44.54 78.50 45.59 21.50 66.09
     Last Reporting Period   2.73 70.19 0.76 50 74.58 44.74 78.07 45.68 21.93 65.38
E-Mini S&P 500 (IMM) 300 Ctrs. 25.17 78.62 0.01 50 48.86 40.36 74.04 53.37 25.96 40.40
     Last Reporting Period   18.16 80.28 0.00 50 49.22 46.00 67.38 55.24 32.62 39.17
Mini Value Line Avg. (KCBT) 25 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
NASDAQ-100 (IMM) 25 Ctrs. 17.56 52.73 2.53 50 55.70 49.92 75.79 50.57 24.21 48.21
     Last Reporting Period   17.11 58.25 1.30 50 59.90 49.70 78.32 51.57 21.68 44.32
GSCI (IMM) 25 Ctrs. 12.52 74.31 0.00 50 85.21 45.68 97.74 49.35 2.26 77.98
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Nikkei Stock Avg. (IMM) 50 Ctrs. 17.23 65.83 0.89 50 47.57 44.01 65.69 49.82 34.31 50.35
     Last Reporting Period   16.31 58.89 0.93 50 49.09 42.46 66.33 46.61 33.67 56.69
Russel 2000 Index (CME) 25 Ctrs. 6.94 41.71 0.00 50 78.57 47.68 85.51 47.19 14.49 66.56
     Last Reporting Period   7.04 34.42 0.00 50 78.02 48.28 85.07 47.13 14.93 66.34
Euro/Yen Xrate (NYCE) 25 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Euro/Sfranc Xrate (NYCE) 25 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Euro/Pound Xrate (NYCE) 25 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Euro/S Krona Xrate (NYCE) 25 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Eurotop 100 (CMX) 25 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
US$ Index (New) (NYCE) 50 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
CRB Futures Index (NYFE) 25 Ctrs. 0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
     Last Reporting Period   0.00 0.00 0.00 50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
* Reporting positions as of November 14, 2000. ** Futures contracts used for hedging. *** Positions that are below the reporting levels.
* Released from Commodity Futures Trading Commission on November 17, 2000.
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