Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  27

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 07/01/2005

(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
07/01/2005
Change From Previous Week
July 2005 13 -174 113 -287 1,709 -696
October 2005 4,294 12 1,517 91 6,718 -473
December 2005 10,240 -655 12,080 -583 73,610 3,221
March 2006 8,391 245 224 -64 6,753 1,213
May 2006 5,270 444 627 568 1,292 15
July 2006 7,555 307 2,948 91 1,601 54
October 2006 1,370 149 315 -500 0 0
December 2006 2,996 67 981 926 225 -15
March 2007 139 0 595 595 0 0
May 2007 77 14 30 0 0 0
July 2007 84 84 489 97 0 0
March 2008 13 0 0 0 0 0
May 2008 0 0 48 0 0 0
March 2009 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 40,455 493 19,967 934 91,908 3,319

1 Merchants with futures positions of 100 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
7/7/2005