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
Lumber (CME)	50 contracts	––	––	––	50	––	––	––	––	––	––
Last Reporting Period		––	––	––	50	––	––	––	––	––	––
Lumber (CME)	25 contracts	22	52.4	8.93	50	12.5	28.3	43.3	45	56.7	53.8
Last Reporting Period		27.9	38.2	11.8	50	8.71	53.8	48.4	43.9	51.6	55.8
D. Phosphate (CBOT)	100 contracts	––	––	––	50	––	––	––	––	––	––
Last Reporting Period		––	––	––	50	––	––	––	––	––	––
Frozen Conc. O.J. (NYCE)	25 contracts	23.5	76.8	2.93	50	41.1	10.6	67.5	35.3	32.5	80.5
Last Reporting Period		20.8	86.2	2.36	50	42.5	5.88	65.6	32.9	34.4	82.6
Cocoa (CSCE)	100 contracts	11.8	82.5	2.43	50	73	43.9	87.3	49.3	12.7	54.6
Last Reporting Period		14.7	86.5	2.33	50	69.7	40.3	86.8	48.4	13.2	60.3
Coffee "C" (CSCE)	50 contracts	13.2	33.7	3.28	50	48.6	50.5	65	47.1	35	55.4
Last Reporting Period		9.9	75	5.95	50	49.3	43.3	65.1	48.7	34.9	52.4
Sugar No. 11 (CSCE)	300 contracts	19.6	81.7	1.28	50	53.5	33.1	74.4	46.2	25.6	61.1
Last Reporting Period		22	75.6	0.98	50	51.9	34.9	74.9	47	25.1	58.9
Sugar No. 14 (CSCE)	100 contracts	0	––	0	50	90.9	48.7	90.9	48.7	9.1	62.5
Last Reporting Period		0	––	0	50	88.8	49.3	88.8	49.3	11.2	55.5
Cotton No. 2 (NYCE)	5,000 bales	22.4	20.3	3.15	50	54	58.7	79.5	47.5	20.5	59.6
Last Reporting Period		23.2	19.1	4.07	50	54.3	61	81.6	48.5	18.4	56.5

*Reporting positions as of October 21, 1997.
**Futures contracts used for hedging.
***Positions that are below the reporting levels.
*Released from Commodity Futures Trading Commission on October 24, 1997.

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