Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 49**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 12/03/2004

**(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 12/03/2004	Change From Previous Week
December 2004	82	-39	326	0	598	-1,092
March 2005	9,232	-432	3,203	17	56,673	3,149
May 2005	6,879	-200	1,538	656	9,369	245
July 2005	14,553	52	634	123	10,311	243
October 2005	2,574	199	141	0	272	138
December 2005	3,897	242	365	-37	5,948	186
March 2006	364	13	0	0	891	1
May 2006	640	9	0	0	306	0
July 2006	759	7	182	44	100	0
October 2006	62	8	0	0	0	0
December 2006	30	0	0	0	0	0
March 2007	26	0	0	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	39,111	-141	6,389	803	84,468	2,870
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 Walter Spilka Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9777. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 12/9/2004