Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  36

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 08/29/2008

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
ICE Futures U.S.

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
08/29/2008 		Change From Previous Week
October 2008 1,203   -139   217   -11   4,322   110  
December 2008 12,265   -461   9,986   13   154,147   -3,256  
March 2009 12,522   304   321   0   35,031   923  
May 2009 6,256   224   489   27   3,864   425  
July 2009 11,315   131   677   264   7,348   807  
October 2009 787   55   40   0   116   0  
December 2009 7,689   136   1,178   -176   7,877   87  
March 2010 1,470   13   0   0   50   0  
May 2010 466   0   186   0   16   0  
July 2010 987   0   132   0   1,330   0  
October 2010 0   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 148   0   0   0   222   -6  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 55,150   263   13,226   117   214,341   -910  

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

If you have any questions concerning this report, email [email protected] or call the Eastern Regional
Office at 646-746-9777.

Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, September 4, 2008.
09/04/2008
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