Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  38

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 09/12/2008

(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
09/12/2008 		Change From Previous Week
October 2008 514   -411   207   -19   3,964   -112  
December 2008 8,588   -1,381   10,110   66   145,334   -8,569  
March 2009 13,170   322   495   176   41,553   1,926  
May 2009 6,108   -176   677   220   6,727   1,596  
July 2009 11,199   -39   677   176   9,852   1,067  
October 2009 885   79   40   0   114   -2  
December 2009 7,188   -431   1,310   -44   9,210   1,133  
March 2010 1,635   165   0   0   75   0  
May 2010 429   -33   186   0   41   0  
July 2010 971   -16   132   0   1,330   0  
October 2010 0   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 148   0   0   0   233   0  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 50,877   -1,921   13,834   575   218,451   -2,961  

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 18, 2008.
09/18/2008
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