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A basic question -- shouldn't Commitment of Traders Total Long be equal to Total Short? For every contract a buyer buys, there must be a seller selling that contract, no? Also, why is open interest different from total long or total short?
Example: EUR future
DATE
2014-11-25
OPEN INTEREST
465,339
NONCOMMERCIAL LONG
57,982
NONCOMMERCIAL SHORT
223,062
NONCOMMERCIAL SPREADS
9076
COMMERCIAL LONG
366,561
COMMERCIAL SHORT
144,526
TOTAL LONG
433,619
TOTAL SHORT
376,664
NONREPORTABLE POSITIONS LONG
31,720
NONREPORTABLE POSITIONS SHORT
88,675
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