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 10/31/2003

**(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 10/31/2003	Change From Previous Week
December 2003	16,524	4,610	7,668	-888	50,096	-10,943
March 2004	20,423	-426	8,773	7	45,458	6,166
May 2004	8,485	-162	910	-84	10,108	1,334
July 2004	15,134	639	86	6	4,280	311
October 2004	2,241	-328	461	260	283	17
December 2004	2,692	191	998	179	3,820	894
March 2005	1,179	-3	0	0	332	41
May 2005	1,155	0	0	0	76	0
July 2005	1,844	-119	0	0	0	0
December 2005	1,270	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	71,252	4,402	18,896	-520	114,453	-2,180
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 11/6/2003