Cotton On-Call Report

Weekly Report  01

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status1 as of 12/31/2004

(In Contracts)

Futures
Based
On:

Call Cotton Based New York

Open Futures Contracts
New York Board of Trade

Unfixed Call Sales Change From Previous Week Unfixed Call Purchases Change From Previous Week At Close
12/30/2004 		Change From Previous Week
March 2005 7,560 -449 2,855 -193 51,013 -3,536
May 2005 7,174 -217 1,182 -150 10,764 307
July 2005 13,625 -144 707 0 10,936 -105
October 2005 2,708 80 141 0 275 1
December 2005 4,037 80 544 140 6,614 -101
March 2006 461 0 0 0 972 39
May 2006 872 0 0 0 412 0
July 2006 929 0 182 0 163 2
October 2006 92 0 0 0 0 0
December 2006 134 0 0 0 0 0
March 2007 26 0 0 0 0 0
March 2008 13 0 0 0 0 0
Totals 37,631 -650 5,611 -203 81,149 -3,393

1 Merchants with futures positions of 50 or more contracts in one future.

Open Futures Contracts are for December 30, 2004 because the Exchange was closed
for the Holiday on December 31, 2004.

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


1/6/2005