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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*
Apr 29, 2008
Reportable Positions as of Apr 29, 2008 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
41929 21462 50532 140779 165974 233240 237968 34342 29614
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: -17271
-1252 3680 -6141 -8337 -15045 -15730 -17506 -1542 234
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
15.7 8.0 18.9 52.6 62.0 87.2 88.9 12.8 11.1
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 47
47 21 37 67 76 130 124    
(CONTRACTS OF 42,000 U.S. GALLONS) Open Interest: 267582


Natural Gas

NATURAL GAS - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
Apr 29, 2008
Reportable Positions as of Apr 29, 2008 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
140905 350249 435360 623760 461461 1200026 1247070 82373 35330
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: -31451
-9723 -5839 -4548 -20054 -20507 -34325 -30893 2874 -558
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
11.0 27.3 33.9 48.6 36.0 93.6 97.2 6.4 2.8
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 90
90 48 81 76 70 208 165    
(10,000 MMBTU'S) Open Interest: 1282399


Crude Oil

CRUDE OIL, LIGHT SWEET - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
Apr 29, 2008
Reportable Positions as of Apr 29, 2008 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
282670 153162 876396 1654752 1768995 2813818 2798553 87077 102341
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: 104632
-5535 12033 55964 43904 33640 94333 101637 10299 2995
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
9.7 5.3 30.2 57.0 61.0 97.0 96.5 3.0 3.5
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 109
109 148 170 89 104 295 329    
(CONTRACTS OF 1,000 BARRELS) Open Interest: 2900894


Palladium

PALLADIUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
Apr 29, 2008
Reportable Positions as of Apr 29, 2008 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
10942 3014 107 5734 15723 16783 18844 2627 566
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: -276
-637 293 8 284 -673 -345 -372 69 96
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
56.4 15.5 0.6 29.5 81.0 86.5 97.1 13.5 2.9
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 41
41 16 4 15 29 59 46    
(CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES) Open Interest: 19410


Platinum

PLATINUM - NEW YORK MERCANTILE EXCHANGE
CFTC Commitment of Traders  *Combined Futures and Options*
Apr 29, 2008
Reportable Positions as of Apr 29, 2008 Non- Reportable Positions
Speculators Commercial Total
Long Short Spreading Long Short Long Short Long Short
9596 2004 18 1377 10797 10991 12819 2977 1149
Changes from last report - Change in Open Interest: 87
4 99 -17 164 -263 151 -181 -64 268
Percent of Open Interest for each category of traders
68.7 14.3 0.1 9.9 77.3 78.7 91.8 21.3 8.2
Number of traders in each category; Total Traders: 38
38 12 2 7 22 45 36    
(CONTRACTS OF 50 TROY OUNCES) Open Interest: 13968


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May 9th, 2008 10:41am NY TIME

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Light Sweet Crude Oil 10:09 am
$124.75 $-1.00 -0.802% 400 (vl)
Heating Oil 09:26 am
$3.60 $0.00 0.000% 0 (vl)
Natural Gas 10:06 am
$11.38 $0.00 0.000% 74 (vl)
Propane 05:20 pm
$1.62 $0.00 0.000% 2 (vl)
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$47.43 $47.43 100.000% 0 (vl)
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