Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  32

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 08/06/2004

(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
08/06/2004
Change From Previous Week
October 2004 497 -194 1,530 -68 2,843 -361
December 2004 9,454 -69 12,151 141 53,318 -2,473
March 2005 9,979 816 146 -18 12,897 -114
May 2005 9,437 713 1,256 4 3,192 219
July 2005 15,671 859 135 8 3,556 515
October 2005 1,474 172 0 0 25 0
December 2005 3,221 361 4 4 1,745 61
March 2006 265 0 0 0 81 2
May 2006 565 0 0 0 0 0
July 2006 680 0 50 0 0 0
October 2006 54 0 0 0 0 0
December 2006 61 0 0 0 0 0
March 2007 74 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 51,432 2,658 15,272 71 77,657 -2,151

1 Merchants with futures positions of 50 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

8/12/2004