Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  44

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 10/29/2004

(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
10/29/2004 		Change From Previous Week
December 2004 4,501 -1,181 6,469 -391 41,769 24
March 2005 9,495 200 2,383 103 25,851 3,192
May 2005 7,935 95 756 0 5,525 82
July 2005 14,817 -159 305 11 6,728 315
October 2005 1,921 27 0 0 44 0
December 2005 3,630 71 237 33 3,278 321
March 2006 406 0 0 0 408 244
May 2006 601 25 0 0 205 150
July 2006 722 0 72 0 0 0
October 2006 54 0 0 0 0 0
March 2007 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 44,095 -922 10,222 -244 83,808 4,328

1 Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future.

Cotton On Call Report No. 45 for the week ending November 5, 2004 with be published on Friday, November 12,
2004 at 3:00 p.m. because of the Veterans Day holiday.

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
11/4/2004