Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 15**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 04/08/2005

**(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 04/08/2005	Change From Previous Week
May 2005	5,616	-372	1,135	-162	54,195	-17,015
July 2005	13,731	-104	2,202	92	45,360	13,920
October 2005	5,028	67	746	-59	1,537	-20
December 2005	9,066	731	8,934	1,161	14,128	398
March 2006	5,513	382	98	66	2,251	88
May 2006	3,025	189	30	0	554	0
July 2006	4,176	384	1,421	-44	488	9
October 2006	533	0	0	0	0	0
December 2006	1,588	28	0	0	155	-1
March 2007	139	8	0	0	0	0
May 2007	0	0	30	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	48	0	0	0
Totals	48,428	1,313	14,644	1,054	118,668	-2,621
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future. 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 4/14/2005