Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 30**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 07/22/2005

**(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 07/22/2005	Change From Previous Week
October 2005	3,817	15	1,661	159	6,102	-282
December 2005	11,418	1,420	12,067	426	74,638	1,529
March 2006	10,858	2,047	272	17	9,177	1,391
May 2006	7,200	1,729	651	0	1,391	36
July 2006	10,056	2,353	4,072	1,394	1,841	206
October 2006	1,534	-8	57	-271	0	0
December 2006	3,048	59	428	-759	464	1
March 2007	188	0	0	-55	0	0
May 2007	77	0	471	9	2	0
July 2007	225	0	800	75	0	0
December 2007	0	0	784	276	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	48,447	7,615	21,311	1,271	93,615	2,881
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 7/28/2005