Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  47

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 11/14/2008

(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
11/14/2008 		Change From Previous Week
December 2008 844   -1,067   3,068   -2,401   19,701   -39,625  
March 2009 7,323   -542   1,063   91   79,495   19,745  
May 2009 4,893   -158   1,217   412   11,907   1,595  
July 2009 9,285   -239   904   24   14,764   371  
October 2009 965   -14   40   0   126   11  
December 2009 6,235   -37   1,007   -1   12,895   1,108  
March 2010 1,622   -13   0   0   120   0  
May 2010 498   0   181   -5   85   1  
July 2010 1,107   0   132   0   626   0  
October 2010 13   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 157   0   0   0   905   -2  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   13   3  
May 2011 0   0   5   5   0   0  
Totals 32,984   -2,070   7,617   -1,875   140,645   -16,793  

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

Cotton On Call Report No. 48 for the week ending November 21, 2008 will be
published on Friday, November 28, 2008 at 3:30 P.M. because of the
Thanksgiving holiday.

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, November 20, 2008.
11/20/2008
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