Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  6

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 02/04/2005

(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
02/04/2005 		Change From Previous Week
March 2005 3,625 -1,036 1,549 -176 45,998 -7,094
May 2005 6,819 -330 1,443 137 22,057 5,066
July 2005 12,509 -432 1,144 14 11,683 501
October 2005 2,896 -217 161 0 517 27
December 2005 4,984 -47 2,109 31 7,735 644
March 2006 682 35 0 0 1,426 120
May 2006 1,043 45 0 0 502 35
July 2006 1,097 90 524 66 218 0
October 2006 256 135 0 0 0 0
December 2006 226 0 0 0 125 0
March 2007 26 0 0 0 0 0
March 2008 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 34,176 -1,757 6,930 72 90,261 -701

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

Effective January 20, 2005, the level of special account status in cotton
increased from futures positions of 50 contracts or more in one future
to 100 contracts or more.

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
2/10/2005