Commitments reports provide a breakdown of each Tuesday's open interest for markets in which five or more traders hold positions equal to or above the reporting levels established by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the exchanges. The tables show open interest separately by reportable and nonreportable positions. For reportable positions, additional data is provided on commercial and noncommercial holdings, spreading, and numbers of traders. Release Dates . Long and Short Formats .
Reports are available in both a long and short format.
The long report, in addition to the information in the short report, also groups the data by crop year and shows the concentration of positions held by the largest four and eight traders. The concentration ratios are shown with trader positions computed on a gross long and gross short basis and on a net long or net short basis. Open Interest . The aggregate of all long open interest is equal to the aggregate of all short open interest. Open interest held or controlled by a trader is referred to as that trader's position.