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
Exchange & Commodity		Non Comm. Long or Short Only		Non Comm. Long or Short (Spreading)		Comm.** Long or Short Only		Total Reportable Positions		Non Reportable Positions***
	Reporting Level	Pct. of Mkt.	Pct. Long	Pct. of Mkt.	Pct. Long	Pct. of Mkt.	Pct. Long	Pct. of Mkt.	Pct. Long	Pct. of Mkt.	Pct. Long
Lumber (CME)	50 contracts	––	––	––	50	––	––	––	––	––	––
Last Reporting Period		––	––	––	50	––	––	––	––	––	––
Lumber (CME)	25 contracts	19	52.5	5.31	50	18.3	42.8	42.6	48	57.4	51.5
Last Reporting Period		20.1	26.3	12.7	50	13.2	73.2	46.1	46.3	53.9	53.1
D. Phosphate (CBOT)	100 contracts	––	––	––	50	––	––	––	––	––	––
Last Reporting Period		––	––	––	50	––	––	––	––	––	––
Frozen Conc. O.J. (NYCE)	25 contracts	18.7	53.5	3.51	50	45.8	29.6	68	37.3	32	77.1
Last Reporting Period		14.2	66.1	5.34	50	52.4	29.3	71.9	38.1	28.1	80.4
Cocoa (CSCE)	100 contracts	15.2	88	2.33	50	68.4	38.6	85.9	47.7	14.1	64.1
Last Reporting Period		13.1	87.6	1.24	50	71.8	40.8	86.1	48.1	13.9	62
Coffee "C" (CSCE)	50 contracts	11.5	75.1	4.25	50	48.3	38.3	64	45.7	36	57.7
Last Reporting Period		11.9	84	3.21	50	47.3	36.4	62.4	46.1	37.6	56.4
Sugar No. 11 (CSCE)	300 contracts	22.8	97.1	1.34	50	50.2	22.7	74.3	46	25.7	61.5
Last Reporting Period		20.8	97.5	1.41	50	53.7	26	76	46	24	62.6
Sugar No. 14 (CSCE)	100 contracts	0	––	0	50	86.3	50.1	86.3	50.1	13.7	49.3
Last Reporting Period		0	––	0	50	83.6	50.1	83.6	50.1	16.4	49.7
Cotton No. 2 (NYCE)	5,000 bales	23.1	66.6	6.09	50	49	36.6	78.2	46.5	21.8	62.4
Last Reporting Period		17	31.8	8.61	50	50.9	50.6	76.5	46.3	23.5	61.9

*Reporting positions as of July 1, 1997.
**Futures contracts used for hedging.
***Positions that are below the reporting levels.
*Released from Commodity Futures Trading Commission on July 7, 1997.

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