Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 29**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 07/15/2005

**(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 07/15/2005	Change From Previous Week
July 2005	0	-13	0	0	0	-27
October 2005	3,802	-217	1,502	51	6,384	-263
December 2005	9,998	-512	11,641	465	73,109	-1,933
March 2006	8,811	501	255	16	7,786	649
May 2006	5,471	181	651	20	1,355	66
July 2006	7,703	34	2,678	-342	1,635	-10
October 2006	1,542	275	328	-472	0	0
December 2006	2,989	6	1,187	704	463	159
March 2007	188	49	55	-329	0	0
May 2007	77	0	462	432	2	2
July 2007	225	0	725	57	0	0
December 2007	0	0	508	127	0	0
March 2008	13	0	0	0	0	0
May 2008	0	0	48	0	0	0
March 2009	13	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	40,832	304	20,040	729	90,734	-1,357
¹ Merchants with futures positions of 100 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 7/21/2005