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 October 21, 1997.
*Released from Commodity Futures Trading Commission on October 24, 1997.

Showing Percentage Each Group Comprises of Each Market and Percentage of Each Group in Long Positions

Grains & Oilseeds | Metals & Petroleum | Financial | Food & Fiber | Livestock

		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	16.9	70.7	7.95	50	46	38	70.8	47.1	29.2	56.9
Last Reporting Period		18.3	59.3	8.38	50	44.2	42.1	70.8	47.5	29.2	56.1
Wheat (KCBT)	500,000 bushels	7.68	54.6	3.98	50	59.2	47.9	70.9	48.7	29.1	53.1
Last Reporting Period		6.11	32.5	5	50	57.9	50.4	69	48.8	31	52.7
Wheat (MGE)	500,000 bushels	4.9	77.6	0.73	50	61.8	40.5	67.5	43.3	32.5	64
Last Reporting Period		4.76	66.8	1.22	50	60.2	41.2	66.2	43.2	33.8	50.2
Corn (CBOT)	750,000 bushels	14.7	85.7	4.75	50	46.1	41.1	65.6	51.7	34.4	46.8
Last Reporting Period		12.7	76.4	4.39	50	45.4	46.5	62.5	52.8	37.5	45.3
Oats (CBOT)	300,000 bushels	11.4	88.3	3.15	50	51.3	31.5	65.8	42.3	34.2	64.9
Last Reporting Period		11.8	62.2	0	50	49.3	36.3	61.1	41.3	38.9	63.6
Soybeans (CBOT)	500,000 bushels	15.3	54.7	8.44	50	44	47.6	67.8	49.5	32.2	51
Last Reporting Period		15.4	38	8.3	50	48.5	55.2	72.2	51	27.8	47.5
Soybean Oil (CBOT)	175 contracts	18.8	93.6	6.39	50	48.2	22.5	73.4	43.1	26.6	69
Last Reporting Period		18	92.3	7.78	50	46.5	22.2	72.3	42.6	27.7	69.3
Soybean Meal (CBOT)	175 contracts	12	77.5	5.44	50	51.8	36	69.2	44.3	30.8	62.8
Last Reporting Period		8.92	57.8	4.83	50	55.9	43	69.7	45.4	30.3	60.5
Rough Rice (CRCE)	25 contracts	14	84.9	8.39	50	59.5	41.8	81.9	50	18.1	50
Last Reporting Period		12.6	81.3	5.34	50	63.2	41.6	81.2	48.3	18.8	57.2

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