Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 51**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 12/17/2004

**(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 12/17/2004	Change From Previous Week
December 2004	0	0	0	-165	0	-399
March 2005	8,610	-117	2,946	141	55,408	-2,673
May 2005	7,017	-1	1,193	19	10,057	244
July 2005	13,928	-170	676	35	10,673	279
October 2005	2,608	11	141	0	274	0
December 2005	3,974	75	384	18	6,509	164
March 2006	461	24	0	0	933	41
May 2006	872	161	0	0	412	56
July 2006	929	87	182	0	161	61
October 2006	92	0	0	0	0	0
December 2006	134	84	0	0	0	0
March 2007	26	0	0	0	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	38,664	154	5,522	48	84,427	-2,227
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 12/23/2004