RE: consolidationyep you never know, so i will likely be holding thru, here is the short/long positions as of friday:
Nov 18, 2011 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) --
Natural Gas - New York Mercantile ExchangeOption And Futures Combined Positions As Of 11/15/11 |==============================================================| NonreportableNon-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Positions==========================|=================|=================|================Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short===============================================================================(Contracts Of 10,000 MMBTU's) Open Interest: 1,038,447Commitments171,209 352,394 358,976 435,101 279,676 965,285 991,045 73,162 47,401Changes From 11/08/11 (Change In Open Interest: 33,544)23,130 43,688 5,374 5,976 835 34,481 49,897 -937 -16,352Percent Of Open Interest For Each Category Of Trader16.5 33.9 34.6 41.9 26.9 93.0 95.4 7.0 4.6Number Of Traders In Each Category (Total Traders: 333)94 130 139 91 82 268 277Eur Style Natural Gas Options - New York Mercantile ExchangeOption And Futures Combined Positions As Of 11/15/11 |==============================================================| NonreportableNon-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Positions==========================|=================|=================|================Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short===============================================================================(Contracts Of 10,000 MMBTU's) Open Interest: 1,893,020Commitments78,447 106,745 695,490 1113985 1083723 1887922 1885958 5,097 7,061Changes From 11/08/11 (Change In Open Interest: 150,453)13,290 18,706 80,457 58,711 52,098 152,458 151,261 -2,005 -808Percent Of Open Interest For Each Category Of Trader4.1 5.6 36.7 58.8 57.2 99.7 99.6 0.3 0.4Number Of Traders In Each Category (Total Traders: 136)38 28 54 67 63 130 120Henry Hub Last Day Fin - New York Mercantile ExchangeOption And Futures Combined Positions As Of 11/15/11 |==============================================================| NonreportableNon-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Positions==========================|=================|=================|================Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short===============================================================================(Contracts Of 10,000 MMBTU's) Open Interest: 21,216Commitments10,616 9,182 4,667 3,605 5,014 18,888 18,863 2,328 2,354Changes From 11/08/11 (Change In Open Interest: .). . . . . . . . .Percent Of Open Interest For Each Category Of Trader50.0 43.3 22.0 17.0 23.6 89.0 88.9 11.0 11.1Number Of Traders In Each Category (Total Traders: 22)5 8 11 6 7 18 20Natural Gas Cal Spread Opt Fin - New York Mercantile ExchangeOption And Futures Combined Positions As Of 11/15/11 |==============================================================| NonreportableNon-Commercial | Commercial | Total | Positions==========================|=================|=================|================Long | Short |Spreads | Long | Short | Long | Short | Long | Short===============================================================================(Contracts Of 10,000 MMBTU's) Open Interest: 63,953Commitments29,762 28,707 21,295 11,366 12,967 62,422 62,969 1,531 984Changes From 11/08/11 (Change In Open Interest: 5,650)4,486 5,225 951 -445 -1,236 4,993 4,940 658 710Percent Of Open Interest For Each Category Of Trader46.5 44.9 33.3 17.8 20.3 97.6 98.5 2.4 1.5Number Of Traders In Each Category (Total Traders: 38)9 11 16 11 16 28 35