THE CONSENSUS® REPORT OF THE COMMITMENTS OF TRADERS MARKET COMPOSITION

Derived from the Bi-Weekly Report Published by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission*
*Reporting positions as of September 9, 1997.
*Released from Commodity Futures Trading Commission on September 12, 1997.

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
Wheat (CBOT)	500,000 bushels	15.6	72.9	7.87	50	46	36	69.4	45.9	30.6	59.3
Last Reporting Period		16.8	67	6.2	50	45.9	36.6	68.9	45.2	31.1	60.6
Wheat (KCBT)	500,000 bushels	6.99	47.4	2.41	50	58.4	48.6	67.8	48.5	32.2	53.1
Last Reporting Period		6.64	68.6	4.13	50	57.3	47.2	68.1	49.5	31.9	51.1
Wheat (MGE)	500,000 bushels	5.49	81.4	3.4	50	55.9	41.6	64.8	45.4	35.2	58.4
Last Reporting Period		3.95	71.3	4.22	50	59.1	44	67.3	45.9	32.7	54.3
Corn (CBOT)	750,000 bushels	11.5	83.9	5.7	50	44.1	46.6	61.3	53.9	38.7	43.9
Last Reporting Period		12.1	81.9	4.72	50	43.4	46.1	60.2	53.6	39.8	44.6
Oats (CBOT)	300,000 bushels	14.4	100	0	50	42.6	25.1	57	44	43	57.9
Last Reporting Period		14.7	100	2.13	50	38.7	23.1	55.5	44.4	44.5	57
Soybeans (CBOT)	500,000 bushels	14.7	29.4	5.81	50	47.4	62.2	67.9	54.1	32.1	41.4
Last Reporting Period		15.3	25.2	6.98	50	43.5	61.6	65.8	51.9	34.2	46.3
Soybean Oil (CBOT)	175 contracts	14.1	64.4	9.27	50	47.5	37.5	71	44.5	29	63.5
Last Reporting Period		11.8	62.1	10.9	50	48.5	40.2	71.2	45.3	28.8	61.6
Soybean Meal (CBOT)	175 contracts	9	85.8	4.97	50	56.3	37.7	70.2	44.7	29.8	62.4
Last Reporting Period		7.67	76.4	4.15	50	59.5	41.1	71.3	45.4	28.7	61.4
Rough Rice (CRCE)	25 contracts	11.5	74.6	8.26	50	65.9	46.1	85.7	50.3	14.3	48.2
Last Reporting Period		14.2	73.4	6.71	50	60.6	45.5	81.5	50.7	18.5	46.8

Grain and Oilseeds Index
Soybeans
BRADFORD & CO. INC. | BARNES BROKERAGE CO., INC. | COMMODITY REVIEW AND OUTLOOK
COMMODITY RESOURCE CORPORATION | COMMODITY INSIGHT | GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
IRA EPSTEIN & COMPANY | PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES, INC. | MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
Wheat
BRADFORD & CO., INC. | GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES, INC. | MERRILL LYNCH & CO.
COMMODITY REVIEW AND OUTLOOK | COMMODITY RESOURCE CORPORATION
Corn
BRADFORD & CO., INC. | BARNES BROKERAGE CO., INC. | COMMODITY REVIEW AND OUTLOOK
COMMODITY RESOURCE CORPORATION | GLOBAL ASSET MANAGEMENT
MERRILL LYNCH & CO. | PRUDENTIAL SECURITIES, INC.
Consensus National Futures and Financial On Line Index

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