Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 37**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/10/2004

**(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 09/10/2004	Change From Previous Week
October 2004	236	-70	445	-52	2,323	-98
December 2004	7,458	-469	11,329	-659	41,699	-200
March 2005	9,720	-243	378	-20	14,678	464
May 2005	8,876	-234	787	-48	3,462	116
July 2005	16,539	3	122	0	4,256	-94
October 2005	1,767	-14	1	1	32	0
December 2005	3,628	23	4	0	1,761	1
March 2006	287	22	0	0	120	0
May 2006	581	15	0	0	0	0
July 2006	709	29	50	0	0	0
October 2006	54	0	0	0	0	0
December 2006	0	0	0	0	0	0
March 2007	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	49,868	-938	13,116	-778	68,331	189
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 9/16/2004