Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 11**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 03/11/2005

**(In Contracts)**
Futures Based On:	Call Cotton Based New York				Open Futures Contracts New York Board of Trade
Futures Based On:	Unfixed Call Sales	Change From Previous Week	Unfixed Call Purchases	Change From Previous Week	At Close 03/11/2005	Change From Previous Week
March 2005	0	0	44	-260	101	-245
May 2005	7,349	-187	1,661	64	85,886	5,989
July 2005	13,801	138	1,970	-148	22,061	2,997
October 2005	4,679	25	587	46	1,528	65
December 2005	6,742	631	6,781	1,433 *	9,935	1,054
March 2006	2,386	906	88	0 *	1,590	14
May 2006	2,094	586	30	30	608	27
July 2006	2,736	997	1,419	158	428	117
October 2006	331	44	0	0	0	0
December 2006	1,282	675	0	0	132	1
March 2007	26	0	0	0	0	0
May 2007	0	0	30	30	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	48	48	0	0
Totals	41,439	3,815	12,658	1,401 *	122,269	10,019
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. This report is published by the Commission's Division of Market Oversight. If you have any questions concerning this report, call Walter Spilka Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 3/17/2005