Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  42

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 10/17/2003

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
10/17/2003
Change From Previous Week
October 2003 0 0 0 0 0 -180
December 2003 9,730 1,031 6,688 719 69,166 -4,896
March 2004 17,390 4,042 5,376 4,134 30,143 6,836
May 2004 8,717 136 869 -537 7,798 1,794
July 2004 14,152 298 69 -15 3,831 376
October 2004 2,558 7 72 47 253 6
December 2004 2,748 -100 473 450 2,166 927
March 2005 1,182 540 0 0 205 94
May 2005 1,155 360 0 0 57 5
July 2005 1,844 720 0 0 0 0
December 2005 1,199 520 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 60,980 7,554 13,547 4,798 113,619 4,962

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
10/23/2003