Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 16**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 04/15/2005

**(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 04/15/2005	Change From Previous Week
May 2005	4,672	-944	1,432	297	26,459	-27,736
July 2005	13,125	-606	1,893	-309	74,404	29,044
October 2005	5,039	11	743	-3	2,589	1,052
December 2005	9,601	535	9,053	119	14,263	135
March 2006	5,892	379	120	22	2,329	78
May 2006	3,285	260	30	0	554	0
July 2006	4,503	327	1,544	123	488	0
October 2006	740	207	0	0	0	0
December 2006	1,588	0	0	0	149	-6
March 2007	139	0	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	48,597	169	14,893	249	121,235	2,567
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 4/21/2005