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SILVER - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.                                     Code-084691
FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 05/02/06                         |
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  LONG  | SHORT  |SPREADS |  LONG  | SHORT  |  LONG  | SHORT  |  LONG  | SHORT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(CONTRACTS OF 5,000 TROY OUNCES)                     OPEN INTEREST:      112,421
COMMITMENTS
  41,659   10,448   16,613   20,888   75,446   79,160  102,507   33,261    9,914
 
CHANGES FROM 04/25/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:    -14,829)
  -1,583    3,261   -5,841   -3,954   -9,494  -11,378  -12,074   -3,451   -2,755
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS
    37.1      9.3     14.8     18.6     67.1     70.4     91.2     29.6      8.8
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:      160)
      90       26       33       24       38      127       86
 
 
COPPER-GRADE #1 - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.                            Code-085692
FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 05/02/06                         |
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  LONG  | SHORT  |SPREADS |  LONG  | SHORT  |  LONG  | SHORT  |  LONG  | SHORT
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(CONTRACTS OF 25,000 POUNDS)                         OPEN INTEREST:       85,352
COMMITMENTS
  15,054   17,058    9,367   45,755   47,489   70,176   73,914   15,176   11,438
 
CHANGES FROM 04/25/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:    -10,984)
  -1,478   -2,103   -2,967   -4,047   -3,533   -8,492   -8,603   -2,492   -2,381
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS
    17.6     20.0     11.0     53.6     55.6     82.2     86.6     17.8     13.4
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:      131)
      50       36       25       36       28      103       76
 
 
GOLD - COMMODITY EXCHANGE INC.                                       Code-088691
FUTURES ONLY POSITIONS AS OF 05/02/06                         |
--------------------------------------------------------------| NONREPORTABLE
      NON-COMMERCIAL      |   COMMERCIAL    |      TOTAL      |   POSITIONS
--------------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------
  LONG  | SHORT  |SPREADS |  LONG  | SHORT  |  LONG  | SHORT  |  LONG  | SHORT
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(CONTRACTS OF 100 TROY OUNCES)                       OPEN INTEREST:      359,539
COMMITMENTS
 177,709   47,421   58,171   60,931  232,651  296,811  338,243   62,728   21,296
 
CHANGES FROM 04/25/06 (CHANGE IN OPEN INTEREST:      5,431)
   2,363    1,453    2,499   -1,367    3,498    3,495    7,450    1,936   -2,019
 
PERCENT OF OPEN INTEREST FOR EACH CATEGORY OF TRADERS
    49.4     13.2     16.2     16.9     64.7     82.6     94.1     17.4      5.9
 
NUMBER OF TRADERS IN EACH CATEGORY (TOTAL TRADERS:      263)
     150       58       43       29       42      207      118
 

Updated May 5, 2006