| 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 | |
| Lean Hogs (CME) | 50 Ctrs. | 14.37 | 65.61 | 8.03 | 50 | 46.27 | 51.72 | 68.67 | 54.42 | 31.33 | 40.31 |
| Last Reporting Period | 12.62 | 65.41 | 4.22 | 50 | 50.05 | 54.48 | 66.89 | 56.26 | 33.11 | 37.36 | |
| Pork Bellies (CME) | 25 Ctrs. | 30.71 | 46.88 | 0.00 | 50 | 25.11 | 67.09 | 55.81 | 55.97 | 44.19 | 42.46 |
| Last Reporting Period | 32.77 | 40.89 | 0.00 | 50 | 22.04 | 75.34 | 54.81 | 54.74 | 45.19 | 44.25 | |
| Live Cattle (CME) | 100 Ctrs. | 17.74 | 69.83 | 9.79 | 50 | 49.36 | 49.00 | 76.89 | 53.94 | 23.11 | 36.90 |
| Last Reporting Period | 18.14 | 68.18 | 10.24 | 50 | 48.36 | 49.67 | 76.75 | 54.09 | 23.25 | 36.50 | |
| Feeder Cattle (CME) | 50 Ctrs. | 27.11 | 81.27 | 5.18 | 50 | 24.55 | 53.37 | 56.84 | 66.37 | 43.16 | 28.44 |
| Last Reporting Period | 27.40 | 83.76 | 4.46 | 50 | 25.22 | 52.38 | 57.07 | 67.26 | 42.93 | 27.05 | |
| * 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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