Cotton On-Call Report

**Weekly Report 39**

"On call" positions in spot cotton based on New York Cotton futures
reported by merchants in special account status¹ as of 09/26/2003

**(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 09/26/2003	Change From Previous Week
October 2003	147	-701	0	-77	359	-999
December 2003	8,319	390	6,864	481	66,575	3,184
March 2004	12,937	756	1,238	-28	19,588	2,140
May 2004	8,127	349	1,566	-62	4,155	566
July 2004	12,889	709	89	0	2,947	77
October 2004	2,524	23	25	0	200	26
December 2004	2,818	35	23	0	999	21
March 2005	590	-2	0	0	29	3
May 2005	764	219	0	0	40	11
July 2005	1,083	219	0	0	0	0
December 2005	679	183	0	0	0	0
March 2006	74	-116	0	0	0	0
May 2006	112	0	0	0	0	0
July 2006	119	0	0	0	0	0
Totals	51,182	2,064	9,805	314	94,892	5,029
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 Vincent G. Varisano Industry Economist, Eastern Region at (646) 746-9775. Released after 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time 10/2/2003