Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  1

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 01/02/2009

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
ICE Futures U.S.

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
01/02/2009 		Change From Previous Week
March 2009 7,826   245 * 1,575   -188 * 70,913   1,446  
May 2009 5,469   -134 * 2,335   141 * 19,236   -89  
July 2009 10,644   801   1,431   -1   18,099   416  
October 2009 1,025   0   40   0   242   -11  
December 2009 6,919   508   1,378   0   15,808   511  
March 2010 1,856   207   176   0   168   0  
May 2010 627   79   10   0   109   0  
July 2010 1,135   0   310   0   637   0  
October 2010 13   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 164   0   0   0   985   11  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   13   0  
May 2011 0   0   5   0   0   0  
Totals 35,720   1,706 * 7,260   -48 * 126,218   2,284  

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

*Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

If you have any questions concerning this report, email [email protected] or call the Eastern Regional
Office at 646-746-9777.

Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, January 8, 2009.
01/08/2009
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