Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 50**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 12/10/2004

**(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 12/10/2004	Change From Previous Week
December 2004	0	-82	165	-161	399	-199
March 2005	8,727	-505	2,805	-398	58,081	1,408
May 2005	7,018	139	1,174	-364	9,813	444
July 2005	14,098	-455	641	7	10,394	83
October 2005	2,597	23	141	0	274	2
December 2005	3,899	2	366	1	6,345	397
March 2006	437	73	0	0	892	1
May 2006	711	71	0	0	356	50
July 2006	842	83	182	0	100	0
October 2006	92	30	0	0	0	0
December 2006	50	20	0	0	0	0
March 2007	26	0	0	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	38,510	-601	5,474	-915	86,654	2,186
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 12/16/2004