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The most recent Commitment of Traders Data from the CFTC.

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*
Jul 15, 2008
Reportable Positions as of Jul 15, 2008 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
29524 19716 62649 151881 171647 244055 254012 38712 28755
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: 18837
2429 4019 7871 6766 4275 17066 16165 1771 2672
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
10.4 7.0 22.2 53.7 60.7 86.3 89.8 13.7 10.2
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 38
38 22 42 64 66 123 113    
(CONTRACTS OF 42,000 U.S. GALLONS) Open Interest: 282767


Natural Gas

NATURAL GAS - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
Jul 15, 2008
Reportable Positions as of Jul 15, 2008 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
182179 455650 470321 612312 386946 1264812 1312917 86069 37964
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: -8505
3910 12062 -5653 -11214 -13987 -12958 -7578 4452 -927
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
13.5 33.7 34.8 45.3 28.6 93.6 97.2 6.4 2.8
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 100
100 54 98 79 73 229 186    
(10,000 MMBTU'S) Open Interest: 1350881


Crude Oil

CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
Jul 15, 2008
Reportable Positions as of Jul 15, 2008 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
238974 150870 1269679 1356837 1440782 2865489 2861330 108641 112800
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: 53950
-3360 -847 336202 -309182 -310645 23660 24711 30290 29239
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
8.0 5.1 42.7 45.6 48.4 96.3 96.2 3.7 3.8
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 122
122 145 180 88 103 304 343    
(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS) Open Interest: 2974130


Palladium

PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
Jul 15, 2008
Reportable Positions as of Jul 15, 2008 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
10826 2897 140 2548 12265 13514 15302 2295 507
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: -766
32 -500 14 -802 -421 -756 -907 -10 141
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
68.5 18.3 0.9 16.1 77.6 85.5 96.8 14.5 3.2
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 53
53 12 5 16 27 71 42    
(CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) Open Interest: 15809


Platinum

PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
Jul 15, 2008
Reportable Positions as of Jul 15, 2008 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
8799 2464 26 2016 10519 10841 13009 3102 934
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: -704
-253 -79 -4 -356 -419 -613 -502 -91 -202
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
63.1 17.7 0.2 14.5 75.4 77.8 93.3 22.2 6.7
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 35
35 7 2 10 19 45 28    
(CONTRACTS OF 50 TROY OUNCES) Open Interest: 13943


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Light Sweet Crude Oil 09:10 pm
$123.99 $-0.47 -0.379% 1161 (vl)
Heating Oil 08:56 pm
$3.54 $-0.00 -0.127% 26 (vl)
Natural Gas 08:46 pm
$9.74 $0.05 0.514% 36 (vl)
Propane 05:20 pm
$1.62 $0.00 0.000% 2 (vl)
Appalachian Coal 12:00 am
$47.43 $47.43 100.000% 0 (vl)
NYMEX Prices are 1/2 hour delayed.

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