Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 39**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/24/2004

**(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 09/24/2004	Change From Previous Week
October 2004	89	-129	24	-208	776	-1,269
December 2004	9,189	2,015	12,576	1,233	43,397	1,511
March 2005	9,637	-103	467	54	15,752	539
May 2005	9,204	275	1,141	354	3,922	442
July 2005	16,332	-294	122	0	5,035	314
October 2005	1,826	51	0	0	31	0
December 2005	3,610	-71	4	0	2,029	239
March 2006	287	0	0	0	145	25
May 2006	581	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	709	0	50	0	0	0
October 2006	54	0	0	0	0	0
March 2007	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	51,531	1,744	14,384	1,433	71,087	1,801
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 9/30/2004