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Cotton On-Call



The Cotton On-Call Report shows the quantity of call cotton bought or sold on which the price has not been fixed, together with the respective futures on which the purchase or sale is based. Call cotton refers to physical cotton bought or sold, or contracted for purchase or sale at a price to be fixed later based upon a specified delivery month future’s price.

Weekly Report 19

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures reported by merchants in special account status1 as of May 2, 2008 (in Contracts).



Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
ICE Futures U.S.

Unfixed Call Sales

Change From Previous Week

Unfixed Call Purchases

Change From Previous Week

At Close
05/02/2008

Change From Previous Week

May 2008

26  

-45 *

1  

1  

1,602  

-925  

July 2008

14,566  

-3,166 *

1,769  

17  

125,362  

-3,421  

October 2008

4,368  

0  

124  

0  

2,673  

-28  

December 2008

18,784  

897  

8,032  

-145  

100,704  

3,642  

March 2009

6,721  

982  

134  

0  

9,239  

724  

May 2009

3,230  

244  

288  

128  

1,444  

603  

July 2009

6,908  

0  

342  

0  

1,647  

114  

October 2009

412  

0  

377  

0  

74  

3  

December 2009

5,296  

0  

257  

30  

3,479  

117  

March 2010

1,167  

0  

0  

0  

50  

0  

May 2010

111  

0  

10  

0  

0  

0  

July 2010

148  

0  

132  

0  

1,331  

0  

October 2010

0  

0  

0  

0  

7  

0  

December 2010

148  

0  

0  

0  

106  

0  

March 2011

29  

0  

0  

0  

0  

0  

Totals

61,914  

-1,088 *

11,466  

31  

247,718  

829  

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 or more contracts in one future.

* Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

If you have any questions concerning this report, email marketreports@cftc.gov or call the Eastern Regional Office at 646-746-9777.

Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, May 8, 2008.

Last Updated: May 8, 2008