Commodity Futures Trading Commission
Cotton On-Call

Weekly Report  51

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 12/12/2008

(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
12/12/2008 		Change From Previous Week
December 2008 0   -117   0   0   139   -49  
March 2009 7,784   231 * 1,744   -3 * 75,095   -4,824  
May 2009 5,147   180 * 2,194   -1   19,242   2,046  
July 2009 9,538   292   1,432   1 * 17,684   921  
October 2009 915   -35   40   0   240   0  
December 2009 6,110   48   1,270   25   14,309   423  
March 2010 1,622   0   176   0   146   -3  
May 2010 535   0   10   0   109   0  
July 2010 1,135   0   310   0   623   0  
October 2010 13   0   0   0   8   0  
December 2010 164   0   0   0   963   56  
March 2011 42   0   0   0   13   0  
May 2011 0   0   5   0   0   0  
Totals 33,005   599 * 7,181   22 * 128,571   -1,430  

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

*Changes from the previous week are based on revised data for last week.

Due to the closure of Federal government offices on December 25 and 26,
the Cotton On-Call Weekly Report No. 52 will be released Monday, December 29 at 3:30 P.M.

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, December 18, 2008.
12/18/2008
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