Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 29**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 07/16/2004

**(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 07/16/2004	Change From Previous Week
July 2004	0	-23	0	-6	0	0
October 2004	1,590	71	2,340	-10	3,780	-62
December 2004	8,334	352	9,262	-110	55,666	591
March 2005	8,977	-150	162	0	12,013	528
May 2005	8,501	549	817	0	2,486	155
July 2005	14,737	139	114	0	1,669	151
October 2005	960	75	0	0	25	1
December 2005	2,353	6	0	0	1,478	206
March 2006	216	25	0	0	79	0
May 2006	545	16	0	0	0	0
July 2006	680	17	50	0	0	0
October 2006	54	27	0	0	0	0
December 2006	61	0	0	0	0	0
March 2007	74	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	47,082	1,104	12,745	-126	77,196	1,570
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 7/22/2004