Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 33**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 08/12/2005

**(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 08/12/2005	Change From Previous Week
October 2005	3,450	-284	1,675	2	5,295	-347
December 2005	12,026	197	12,512	-489	76,203	2,474
March 2006	11,513	296	333	0	13,774	2,792
May 2006	7,761	386	803	-853	1,514	99
July 2006	11,162	442	5,106	1,193	1,858	40
October 2006	1,722	137	146	-371	0	0
December 2006	3,644	232	428	428	570	106
March 2007	188	0	0	0	0	0
May 2007	77	0	1,067	113	2	0
July 2007	225	84	1,037	185	1	1
December 2007	0	0	990	0	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	51,794	1,490	24,145	208	99,217	5,165
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 8/18/2005