Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 41**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 10/10/2003

**(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 10/10/2003	Change From Previous Week
October 2003	0	-139	0	0	180	-165
December 2003	8,699	-472	5,969	-1,572	74,062	4,720
March 2004	13,348	242	1,242	-11	23,307	2,896
May 2004	8,581	186	1,406	-140	6,004	1,363
July 2004	13,854	279	84	-5	3,455	353
October 2004	2,551	-21	25	0	247	62
December 2004	2,848	-15	23	0	1,239	205
March 2005	642	0	0	0	111	77
May 2005	795	31	0	0	52	12
July 2005	1,124	41	0	0	0	0
December 2005	679	0	0	0	0	0
March 2006	74	0	0	0	0	0
May 2006	112	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	53,426	132	8,749	-1,728	108,657	9,523
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 Vincent G. Varisano Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9775. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 10/16/2003