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 08/24/2007

(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
08/24/2007
Change From Previous Week
October 2007 2,610   -1,066   374   -213   4,942   -916  
December 2007 15,644   -631   10,519   311   124,863   -3,995  
March 2008 13,599   261   450   -62   43,489   -306  
May 2008 5,776   146   718   251   4,028   378  
July 2008 11,279   163   534   22   4,902   957  
October 2008 1,406   120   0   0   146   47  
December 2008 5,179   61   518   -1   15,335   1,788  
March 2009 830   0   50   0   292   103  
May 2009 122   0   513   0   278   0  
July 2009 822   0   0   0   3   1  
October 2009 74   0   0   0   0   0  
December 2009 1,109   0   97   0   0   0  
March 2010 324   0   0   0   0   0  
May 2010 13   0   0   0   0   0  
Totals 58,787   -946   13,773   308   198,278   -1,943  

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 30, 2007.
08/30/2007