Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 37**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/12/2003

**(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 09/12/2003	Change From Previous Week
October 2003	1,044	-1	235	-308	3,167	147
December 2003	8,061	309	6,884	-434	55,757	11,492
March 2004	12,062	959	1,259	22	13,402	2,967
May 2004	7,434	440	1,719	104	3,374	268
July 2004	11,816	789	89	10	2,724	316
October 2004	2,400	167	25	0	168	58
December 2004	2,759	158	23	0	796	125
March 2005	580	0	0	0	17	0
May 2005	538	0	0	0	27	2
July 2005	864	0	0	0	0	0
December 2005	679	0	0	0	0	0
March 2006	61	0	0	0	0	0
May 2006	112	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	48,529	2,821	10,234	-606	79,432	15,375
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 Vincent G. Varisano Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9775. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 9/18/2003