- An Evaluation of the Influence of Large Reporting Traders on Futures Market Performance - ( excerpt below ) -Background: This study was commissioned in May, 2008 by the CME Group for the benefit of a consortium of futures exchanges that included the CME Group, Kansas City Board of Trade, Minneapolis Grain Exchange, New York Mercantile Exchange and the Intercontinental Exchange. Work was completed in October, 2008. The distribution of this study on Informaâs website has been authorized by the participating exchanges.- www.informaecon.com/TraderStudy/traderstudy.htm * note ... this is study was published last yr in MAY 2008 but I do not believe it was mentioned before on ET and if not it might be of some interest to some of ET members *