Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 33**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 08/13/2004

**(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 08/13/2004	Change From Previous Week
October 2004	422	-75	1,542	12	2,769	-74
December 2004	7,182	-2,272	11,396	-755	54,048	730
March 2005	9,443	-536	393	247	13,378	481
May 2005	8,826	-611	831	-425	3,372	180
July 2005	15,797	126	135	0	3,920	364
October 2005	1,623	149	0	0	32	7
December 2005	3,360	139	4	0	1,950	205
March 2006	266	1	0	0	79	-2
May 2006	566	1	0	0	0	0
July 2006	680	0	50	0	0	0
October 2006	54	0	0	0	0	0
December 2006	62	1	0	0	0	0
March 2007	75	1	0	0	0	0
Totals	48,356	-3,076	14,351	-921	79,548	1,891
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 8/19/2004