Figure 1
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SOYBEANS - CHICAGO BOARD OF TRADE
COMMITMENTS OF TRADERS IN ALL FUTURES COMBINED AND INDICATED FUTURES. FEBRUARY 28, 1985
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TOTAL REPORTABLE POSITIONS NONREPORTABLE
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F
U NON-COMMERCIAL
T ------------------------------------
U OPEN LONG OR SHORT LONG AND SHORT COMMERCIAL TOTAL
R INTEREST ONLY (SPREADING)
E ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
S LONG SHORT LONG SHORT LONG SHORT LONG SHORT LONG SHORT
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(THOUSAND BUSHELS)
ALL 359,190 15,810 32,400 41,060 41,060 117,420 140,380 174,290 213,840 184,900 145,350
OLD 302,170 16,275 35,075 27,620 27,620 105,685 128,700 149,580 191,395 152,590 110,775
OTHER 57,020 9,280 7,070 3,695 3,695 11,735 11,680 24,710 22,445 32,310 34,575
CHANGES IN COMMITMENTS FROM JANUARY 31. 1985
ALL -330 -9,240 15,575 18,280 18,280 16,560 -44,770 25,600 -10,915 -25.930 10,585
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST REPRESENTED BY EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS:
ALL l00.0% 4.4 9.0 11.4 11.4 32.7 39.1 48.5 59.5 51.5 40.5
OLD 100.0% 3.4 11.6 9.1 9.1 35.0 42.6 49.5 63.3 50.5 36.7
OTHER 100.0% 16.3 12.4 6.5 6.5 20.6 20.5 43.3 39.4 56.7 60.6
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NUMBER OF
TRADERS NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY
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ALL 144 23 32 33 33 54 41 100 100
OLD 134 23 32 23 23 51 39 88 90
OTHER 32 8 8 5 5 9 6 21 17
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CONCENTRATION RATIOS
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST HELD BY THE INDICATED NUMBER OF LARGEST TRADERS
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BY GROSS POSITION BY NET POSITION
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4 OR LESS TRADERS 8 OR LESS TRADERS 4 OR LESS TRADERS 8 OR LESS TRADERS
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LONG SHORT LONG SHORT LONG SHORT LONG SHORT
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ALL 13.0 23.4 18.1 28.6 10.5 21 3 14.6 25.3
OLD 13.9 25.0 19.6 30.4 11.9 23.6 16.1 28.2
OTHER 18.6 20.6 27.4 28.7 18.6 20.2 27.3 26.6
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