Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 31**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 07/29/2005

**(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 07/29/2005	Change From Previous Week
October 2005	3,821	4	1,661	0	5,769	-333
December 2005	11,872	454	12,652	585	74,388	-250
March 2006	11,020	162	272	0	10,094	917
May 2006	7,341	141	651	0	1,429	38
July 2006	10,472	416	4,615	543	1,865	24
October 2006	1,574	40	57	0	0	0
December 2006	3,087	39	428	0	464	0
March 2007	188	0	0	0	0	0
May 2007	77	0	954	483	2	0
July 2007	225	0	800	0	0	0
December 2007	0	0	959	175	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	49,703	1,256	23,097	1,786	94,011	396
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 8/4/2005