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New Downloader - 4-1-2007 - Mandatory upgrade - New COT Supplemental format added

Exciting news! As you may know the CFTC recently added an additional format to the COT report for agricultural products, making it more accurate, and accounting for Index traders. This results in a 4th entity being reported. This new trading group is now included in Shatterfield COT data. All existing customers have been upgraded, and can now chart the new group alongside the Commercials, Large Investors, and Small traders. The change requires an update of the Shatterfield Downloader. If you have not done so, please replace your current program with the new one. download it here.

Announcement — CFTC Will Fix, Not End, Trader Reports, citing record comments

Aug. 18 (Bloomberg) -- The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will improve, rather than eliminate, weekly reports on traders' holdings in the $3.2 trillion-a-day U.S. futures markets after getting a record number of letters urging continuation... [read entire article]

Commentary on CFTC Announcement - By Robert James Deadman

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Frozen concentrated orange juice futures rallied to seven-week highs Monday on speculative buying linked to strong technicals, the tripping of buy stops and on fundamental worries that California orange production may be encountering its most serious threat ever, brokers and analysts said.

CHICAGO - Jun 23/08 - SNS -- International agriculture commodity markets started weekly trade on a relatively busy note, with Egypt buying wheat over the weekend and Japan announcing another sizeable government import tender for later in the week.

Frozen concentrated orange juice futures fell slightly in a choppy session where prices remained within recent ranges and trading volume was light, brokers said Monday.

Small-cap stocks took a dive on the opening, pulled down by a selling flurry in the financial sector, a recovery bounce in crude oil and declines overnight on international equities.

Money manager Dan Shaffer talks about buying stocks at 52-week highs and explains how his not-for-the-faint-of-heart method works

CHICAGO - Jun 16/08 - SNS -- International agriculture commodity markets started the week;s trading on a relatively quiet note, with little fresh tender business to stimulate interest in market side fundamentals.

Washington, DC – Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC or Commission) announced that Commission staff has amended the “no-action relief letter” under which ICE Futures Europe is permitted direct access to U.S. customers.

IntercontinentalExchange , a leading operator of global derivatives exchanges and over-the-counter markets, today announced that the Commodity Futures Trading Commission staff has proposed conditions amending the "no-action relief letter" granted to its U.K. subsidiary, ICE Futures Europe.

Frozen concentrated orange juice futures fell Monday on follow-through selling as prices continue to stair-step lower but remain in their recent range, brokers said.

CHICAGO (Dow Jones)--Chicago Board of Trade corn futures are expected to open sharply higher Monday as flooding continues to damage the U.S. crop and threaten more acres, traders said.