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Heating Oil :: Crude Oil :: Palladium :: Platinum :: Unleaded Gasoline :: Natural Gas

Heating oil

NO. 2 HEATING OIL, N.Y. HARBOR - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
11/17/2009
Reportable Positions as of 11/17/2009 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
55289 19095 74314 214261 259545 343865 352955 46076 36986
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: 3748
-2312 4414 373 7658 -3704 5720 1084 -1972 2664
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
14.2 4.9 19.1 54.9 66.6 88.2 90.5 11.8 9.5
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 49
49 27 53 74 81 150 141    
(CONTRACTS OF 42,000 U.S. GALLONS) Open Interest: 389941


Natural Gas

NATURAL GAS - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
11/17/2009
Reportable Positions as of 11/17/2009 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
151759 227122 335325 364219 321907 851304 884354 91343 58292
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: 23596
-3345 11139 16416 2733 -12071 15804 15485 7793 8112
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
16.1 24.1 35.6 38.6 34.1 90.3 93.8 9.7 6.2
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 82
82 92 123 96 77 257 226    
(10,000 MMBTU'S) Open Interest: 942647


Crude Oil

CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
11/17/2009
Reportable Positions as of 11/17/2009 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
265547 111920 738450 1337093 1518682 2341090 2369053 150110 122148
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: -417670
-11372 11877 -207166 -234165 -252356 -452704 -447645 35033 29975
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
10.7 4.5 29.6 53.7 61.0 94.0 95.1 6.0 4.9
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 145
145 81 166 86 102 311 280    
(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS) Open Interest: 2491200


Palladium

PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
11/17/2009
Reportable Positions as of 11/17/2009 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
14849 1482 416 4101 19946 19366 21844 3168 690
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: 27
461 -222 281 -890 -37 -148 22 175 5
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
65.9 6.6 1.8 18.2 88.5 85.9 96.9 14.1 3.1
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 88
88 12 3 19 28 108 42    
(CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) Open Interest: 22534


Platinum

PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
11/17/2009
Reportable Positions as of 11/17/2009 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
23679 1834 205 5412 31596 29296 33635 5360 1021
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: 1882
1782 252 108 -412 1632 1478 1992 404 -110
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
68.3 5.3 0.6 15.6 91.2 84.5 97.1 15.5 2.9
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 90
90 13 3 13 32 106 47    
(CONTRACTS OF 50 TROY OUNCES) Open Interest: 34656


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