Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  35

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 08/22/2008

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
ICE Futures U.S.

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
08/22/2008 		Change From Previous Week
October 2008 1,342   -408   228   -17   4,212   -221  
December 2008 12,726   -978   9,973   -84   157,403   -4,263  
March 2009 12,218   -128   321   0   34,108   1,133  
May 2009 6,032   -19   462   62   3,439   132  
July 2009 11,184   11   413   0   6,541   91  
October 2009 732   11   40   0   116   0  
December 2009 7,553   52   1,354   308   7,790   435  
March 2010 1,457   0   0   0   50   0  
May 2010 466   0   186   0   16   0  
July 2010 987   0   132   0   1,330   0  
October 2010 0   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 148   0   0   0   228   0  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   10   0  
Totals 54,887   -1,459   13,109   269   215,251   -2,693  

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

If you have any questions concerning this report, email [email protected] or call the Eastern Regional
Office at 646-746-9777.

Released after 3:30 p.m. Eastern time, August 28, 2008.
08/28/2008
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