Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  28

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 07/08/2005

(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
07/08/2005
Change From Previous Week
July 2005 13 0 0 -113 27 -1,682
October 2005 4,019 -275 1,451 -66 6,647 -71
December 2005 10,510 270 11,176 -904 75,042 1,432
March 2006 8,310 -81 239 15 7,137 384
May 2006 5,290 20 631 4 1,289 -3
July 2006 7,669 114 3,020 72 1,645 44
October 2006 1,267 -103 800 485 0 0
December 2006 2,983 -13 483 -498 304 79
March 2007 139 0 384 -211 0 0
May 2007 77 0 30 0 0 0
July 2007 225 141 668 179 0 0
December 2007 0 0 381 381 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 40,528 73 19,311 -656 92,091 183

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
7/14/2005