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button to go back to the text. Table 4. Gross Trading Returns Earned
by Traders Grouped According to Commodity Futures Trading
Commission Data on Position of Large Traders, Selected
Commodities, 1977-1981.
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Gross
Trading Returns (Million $)
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Commodity
|
Large
Hedger
|
Large
Speculator
|
Small
Trader
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| Oats |
9.63
|
0.64
|
-10.28
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| Wheat a |
66.73
|
13.53
|
-80.30
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| Pork Bellies |
79.05
|
1.48
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-80.56
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| Live Cattle |
-130.27
|
197.12
|
-66.85
|
| Feeder Cattle |
29.13
|
75.42
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-104.55
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| T-bonds |
559.09
|
-169.07
|
-390.02
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| T-bills |
114.96
|
5.48
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-120.44
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| TOTAL |
728.00
|
125.00
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-853.00
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a This includes
the Chicago, Kansas City, and Minneapolis wheat
futures markets.
SOURCE: Hartzmark,
pages 1298-1299.
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