Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  29

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 07/15/2005

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
07/15/2005
Change From Previous Week
July 2005 0 -13 0 0 0 -27
October 2005 3,802 -217 1,502 51 6,384 -263
December 2005 9,998 -512 11,641 465 73,109 -1,933
March 2006 8,811 501 255 16 7,786 649
May 2006 5,471 181 651 20 1,355 66
July 2006 7,703 34 2,678 -342 1,635 -10
October 2006 1,542 275 328 -472 0 0
December 2006 2,989 6 1,187 704 463 159
March 2007 188 49 55 -329 0 0
May 2007 77 0 462 432 2 2
July 2007 225 0 725 57 0 0
December 2007 0 0 508 127 0 0
March 2008 13 0 0 0 0 0
May 2008 0 0 48 0 0 0
March 2009 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40,832 304 20,040 729 90,734 -1,357

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
7/21/2005